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The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson

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cheyennedierker's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.75

3.75/5.0⭐

Strangers on a London bus join forces to help an elderly man with dementia reconnect with his lost love from 1962. Libby, brokenhearted and adrift in London, is inspired by Frank's story and launches a search for the woman with red hair he met on the number 88 bus decades ago, discovering unexpected connections and finding hope for herself along the way.

A bit flat compared to others in the 'cozy-senior-found family' genre (Clare Pooley, Jesse Sutanto)- as some of the characters and relationships are fairly shallow and stereotypical, but it's still a sweet, fuzzy, quick read.

Hardcover | Public Library

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yesdnil's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

3.5

The Lost Ticket was a sweet, easy read and I found myself tearing up towards the end of the book. Sampson doesn’t shy away from the more difficult themes of the story, like Frank’s condition and what happened to the girl with the red hair, which balanced out the other plot lines.

Also: her sister Rebecca was just an all around horrible person! I couldn’t believe some of things that came out of her mouth.

I wish the book spent more time on Libby and Dylan’s budding relationship, though.

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4.0

I enjoyed this overall and think it’s worth a read. There were parts of the story that I really, really loved and was surprised by, but I wish we could have seen a little bit more

of the relationship between Libby and Dylan. It felt like a lot of them becoming friends and falling in love happened in scenes that weren’t in the book or were just mentioned in passing. I just wish we could have seen a little more!

This book was also much sadder than I anticipated, but there was a lot of hope and joy throughout that was a good balance for the sad and bittersweet parts.

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whirl's review against another edition

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hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.0

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3.5

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laurajw's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Sweet and easy read. Perfect palette cleanser when reading something heavier.

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condls27's review against another edition

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emotional medium-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? No

4.0

This is a really sweet and heartfelt story. I related to Libby a lot (not only because we share a name)- we’re people pleasers and sometimes get bulldozed by the people in our lives. Sometimes she was frustratingly naive but I loved watching her carve a life out for herself in London. There we more twists in this than I was expecting but I love how everything was tied together in the end. My only complaint was that the audiobook narration was a little flat for me.

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