Reviews

Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

jarvvis's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

Wonderful! A delight! Nothing I loved more than following this OAP lovable bastard around for 300 pages and seeing his life laid bare for me. Realistic and charming and filled with great complications. This book is relatively quick, both in terms of page count and actual time covered in the novel (a little under a month with the occasional time skip) - and yet there’s so much packed in here, a whole life and family and community. The climax comes to a head quite fast, but it’s obvious it’s over 40 years in the making. 

thefantasticalworldofsara's review against another edition

3.0

I've heard amazing things about Bernardine Evaristo's writing so I wanted to give one of her books a try!

Mr. Loverman felt like little slices of life of the main character Barrington and his family as he decides he's going to divorce his wife and finally announce his lifelong love/partnership with his male best friend, Morris. Some parts made me laugh out loud and others broke my heart a little. Ultimately though, I didn't feel like there was enough overarching plot/narrative and while I liked the interspersed chapters told from his wife Caramel's perspective it didn't really feel connected to anything (other then to further emphasize her unhappiness). Also, Very happy that all the characters got the happy endings they deserved but it all felt wrapped up a bit too neat.

Overall, the writing itself was lovely and interesting but I wished there was a bit more connecting everything together.

ps. The views express in this review are my own and do not reflect the views of Indigo Books & Music Inc. or any of its subsidiaries. #IndigoEmployee

rachellebr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

jagisoffline's review

challenging emotional funny 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

4.5

annika_katharina's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

adep02's review against another edition

just not for right now - i think it’ll be great for another time but just not interesting me rn

rachaelc610's review

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

sevireene's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

chiming_bells's review

funny 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

4.75

juliette131's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75