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The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

7 reviews

fancyjess_party's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Self harm, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

md3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicide, Death, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Misogyny, Death of parent, Blood, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Gun violence

rachtmh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book…. This book, honestly trying to review it without spoilers is soo hard! 
I genuinely loved everything about this book. It is clever, wondrous, tragic, hopeful, passionate & just so many things. 
I was on a constant ride of highs and lows, cried, laughed, blushed, gasped and celebrated. 
The multiple POV and time line are done wonderfully and easy to follow. 
The characters are wonderful and full and go through so much, good and bad.
The Lost Bookshop is a must for all lovers of reading and magic, with some wonder literary history featured. 

This book is an instant re-read for me and 100% recommend as many people as possible experience the journey that Evie Woods has so wonderfully put on paper. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

believed child death and forced child loss features for a small part in the book and may be upsetting to some readers

girrllie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

It started off with a good premise but then got soooo boring. I barely finished it and skimmed most of the last third.  The character’s  choices didn’t hold together for me. I was expecting a fun story with a little magical element and instead got secondary trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Stalking, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

The interpersonal violence was super high and traumatic.

jessica_thelen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Classism, Confinement, Pregnancy, War, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Death of parent, Grief, Bullying, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death of parent

katymaryreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

A lovely split timeline story with more than a hint of fantasy/magical realism, but also a gritty dose of real life in terms of characters with genuine major problems to deal with. Anger-inducing in places because of the way women were treated by society as recently as a hundred years ago, and how some are still abused today. Likeable, but not perfect characters, and a few unresolved mysteries. Great narration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

ash_bees's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

A single story told from two points in time about 100 years apart.  Very well written, I could feel the heart ache.

Not to distract from the rest of the story line, but so much of this is about the actions of a psychopath, the fall out from those actions, and the victims who are trying to heal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, Mental illness, Torture, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and War