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84, Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff

4.2 AVERAGE

jdgerlach's review against another edition

4.75

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

spokrine's review against another edition

3.0

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I wanted something light and funny, and that is what I got from 84, Charing Cross Road. It reminded me a lot of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which I loved, and made me want to read obscure books that I hadn't heard anything about before. The edition I have also contains The Duchess of Bloomsbury, but I didn't feel like reading it at the moment. I read the first few pages... And felt like it would just spoil the pleasure I had in reading the correspondance part—which, in my opinion, was self-sufficient.

jmsr418's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

tea_tamai's review against another edition

4.5

funny lighthearted fast-paced

dayofrebecca's review against another edition

5.0

funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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I wish this book was longer! I love how Hanff writes

barbbc3's review against another edition

3.0

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This is a book of letters between Helene Hanff, a TV script writer in the U.S., and a used book seller in London. The wrote to each other for more than 20 years in the period after WWI and it's interesting to see how they formed a relationship by post and how life was like during the post-war period. It's a short book and a light read. I enjoyed it.

strideout's review against another edition

5.0

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing

2beenough's review against another edition

4.0

relaxing fast-paced

didireading_3's review against another edition

5.0

funny lighthearted

stephltorres's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted fast-paced