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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-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
I loved untangling this web of stories. Chloe, Trixie, Theo, Noodle, and Jasper deserve the world.
I can’t forgive Catherine for what she did. How Jasper did is beyond me. Finding out he has a son in his 80’s?!? So messed up. Her choices were so selfish, especially since we know Jasper was heartbroken for six decades.
I can’t forgive Catherine for what she did. How Jasper did is beyond me. Finding out he has a son in his 80’s?!? So messed up. Her choices were so selfish, especially since we know Jasper was heartbroken for six decades.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-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
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
** I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley. **
This was a great book with dozens and dozens of nods to great literature. As a school librarian, I appreciated that 2 of the main characters also worked at a library, 60 years apart. All the characters in this book were so lovable with all their quirks and idiosyncrasies. I love how it started off with Chloe on the hunt through the great works to find clues as to who would be writing love notes in the margin of library books. (though the librarian in me cringed a bit at the idea of people writing notes in books that they don't own). It was so fun to piece the story together along with her and meet the characters of Jasper and Catherine as they were in the prime of their lives, falling in love for the firs time.
I also loved the twists the author took so as not to typecast her characters. Jasper was the romance-loving woodsman and Catherine was the horror-loving rich kid. Just when I thought Jasper was never going to find love again, we discover that Catherine isn't dead after all like he's believed for all these years. Instead of second-chance romance, however, Jasper finds he can continue on with his life and look after the younger generation living next door.. I love how Catherine also went on to a live a full life, though I hated that she lied to Jasper to do it, and became a single mom with an amazing career as an editor.
I'm so glad that the story didn't end with all the main characters falling in love and getting married but rather finding fulfillment in their places in life. I love the gift Catherine gives Chloe to explore having a career and not being locked into small-town life.
This was a great book with dozens and dozens of nods to great literature. As a school librarian, I appreciated that 2 of the main characters also worked at a library, 60 years apart. All the characters in this book were so lovable with all their quirks and idiosyncrasies. I love how it started off with Chloe on the hunt through the great works to find clues as to who would be writing love notes in the margin of library books. (though the librarian in me cringed a bit at the idea of people writing notes in books that they don't own). It was so fun to piece the story together along with her and meet the characters of Jasper and Catherine as they were in the prime of their lives, falling in love for the firs time.
I also loved the twists the author took so as not to typecast her characters. Jasper was the romance-loving woodsman and Catherine was the horror-loving rich kid. Just when I thought Jasper was never going to find love again, we discover that Catherine isn't dead after all like he's believed for all these years. Instead of second-chance romance, however, Jasper finds he can continue on with his life and look after the younger generation living next door.. I love how Catherine also went on to a live a full life, though I hated that she lied to Jasper to do it, and became a single mom with an amazing career as an editor.
I'm so glad that the story didn't end with all the main characters falling in love and getting married but rather finding fulfillment in their places in life. I love the gift Catherine gives Chloe to explore having a career and not being locked into small-town life.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A heartwarming story. The 4 siblings are interesting and I enjoyed their antics. Liked the mystery of the love story written in books. Quick read and got me out of my reading slump. I loved the ending not being tied up in a bow - can draw my own conclusion!
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
I was so excited to pick this up, having loved The Lonely Hearts Book Club, but was so deeply disappointed I’m actually angry about it. It was by turns cloying and irritating: the plot was convenient, the book annotations were actually defacement, the characters lacked depth and the distinctive voices afforded to those in LHBC, and the realities of the lives of abandoned and parentified children were paid the barest of lip service. (Chloe works six-hour shifts at the library but doesn’t have a second job, really?) I don’t like how Chloe’s community prior to Jasper’s involvement (whose turnaround was staggeringly sudden and poorly supported) was completely written off as though it didn’t exist. And we’re meant to forgive Zach’s horrific manipulation just like that? Because he’s… hot? You cannot be serious.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes