The Library of Borrowed Hearts by Lucy Gilmore

3.89 AVERAGE

lilymor's review against another edition

3.5
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
 I thought the writing & plot was significantly stronger than lonely hearts book club. Like lonely hearts, still had its share of cliches, but I appreciated the attempt to avoid some of them by
not having Catherine and Jasper live the rest of their 80+ year old lives as blissfully united lovers, etc (which was where i thought this was going)
. I much preferred Jasper’s iteration of the curmudgeonly old man to Arthur’s … Chloe felt like a stronger protagonist too. I disliked Catherine but I appreciate that we were allowed to dislike her without being required to. Overall I enjoyed most of the characters more than lonely hearts — with the exception of Maisie — but I still didn’t fall in love with any of them. Enjoyed the book overall more than lonely hearts. 
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katie9787's review

4.0
funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kcolfack's review against another edition

3.5
emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nattt_chanel's review against another edition

4.0
lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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m4ira's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous emotional relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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amys_bookshelves02's review against another edition

4.5
emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shasha_56's review

5.0
emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

cathy1665's review against another edition

3.75
emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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mpatterson610's review against another edition

5.0
This book was so good!! The themes of A Man Called Ove but with a little bit of a mystery element and a book loving element

madams15's review against another edition

5.0
emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes