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The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

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nineinchnails's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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15/02/2024

on a reread i found the writing style in leon's chapters insufferable it felt like he constantly missed the first few words of every sentence. the premise sounds a bit ridiculous at first but honestly with rent prices in london i really don't think it's that crazy of a circumstance - the craziest thing about it is that leon is a normal guy and not some creepy 50 year old. i love the characters though and the story in general and even tiffy's 'quirkiness' is super charming in this book. i love romances where the main characters have their own shit going on tho (am i delusional or is this way more common in british romances?) so im biased. this was one of the books that got me back into reading a few years ago and i think i'll always love reading it. also if i don't start a new book in the next couple days it's because i'm (finally) watching the flatshare miniseries.

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first read: 01/01/2021

loved it but tiffy was a little too quirky girl for me to fully immerse myself in the novel

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julesfrigault's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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andrea_2902's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-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

2.75

It was not a bad book, but I found myself not really feeling like picking it back up. I guess it is just slow and felt a little repetitive; but the notes were so cute.

I wasn’t the hugest fan of her friends, especially Gerty, but I’m glad they helped her get out of the situation.

I don’t think I would reread this book, and I’m not sure I would recommend it. I did not enjoy it that much; but, again, it wasn’t a bad book. It just wasn’t my favorite.

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maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

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5.0

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ashley_turch's review against another edition

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lighthearted 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

4.0

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badlydoneemma's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Annoyingly leans on the third act breakup trope - but apart from that, I loved pretty much everything about this book!

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mushmysteriesandmore's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing tense 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

5.0

Confession time! I had this book in paperback a while ago, it sat on my shelf and kept looking at it over and over and ignoring it until eventually, I donated it, unread (I know, I know, put the pitchforks down!)

Since then, I have read a couple of other Beth O’Leary books and loved them and the folly of my actions hit me full force.

So I decided to get the audiobook version instead, read by Carrie Hope Fletcher as Tiffi and Kwaku Fortune as Leon, the flatmates who share a flat and a bed but have never met. I was so glad I did finally see sense and read this book.

The forced proximity trope takes on a whole new meaning here as Tiffi and Leon both share the same flat, just at different times. Leon is a palliative care nurse and works nights so he gets the flat in the daytime and Tiffi works for a book publisher and gets the flat nights and weekends and never the twain shall meet.

They correspond by post-it notes, starting with little things such as help yourself to leftovers or when is bin day until it advances and they share more about their personal lives with each other. Until inevitably they finally do meet (unexpectedly at first, the old walk-in on-someone in the shower ploy) and then make time to spend with each other until they are in fact dating.

Throw in an innocent brother in jail (Leon), an abusive ex (Tiffi), the search for a long-lost wartime friend (Leon’s patient) and some supportive and crazy friends (Tiffi) and you have a totally immersive story that you can’t stop reading.

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