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Book Lovers by Emily Henry

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lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

4.25

Reread in 2024. A wonderful book with all the wit and banter you can expect from an Emily Henry book!

Nora and Charlie were so great and I loved the bookish plot and small town setting. The excerpts of Frigid (the book within the book) were a nice touch and offered an interesting angle to Nora’s character growth.

I laughed out loud many times but especially at the prologue. It really nailed those big city/ small town romance books.

I also loved the family centeredness of the book (though I’ll admit Libby got on my nerves a bit, likely because we were seeing her only through Nora’s eyes, painting the picture of the quintessential little sister)

Book Lovers is in my top three Emily Henry books so far and I highly recommend it

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is a re-listen for me, and I still love it. My favorite Emily Henry book. I realized this time around that it reminds me of Gilmore Girls: fast talking, self reliant heroine with an equally witty, sunshine side kick in a small town (

they even attend a town meeting

), and a grumpy yet swoony hero who is taking over his parents shop, and just gets our heroine. Julia Whelan's narration is wonderful.

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-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

4.75

I absolutely loved this book. I couldn’t put it down. I do have one niggle however, the blurb says Nora and Charlie are ‘work nemesis’. I would have to disagree, they had met each other once and came across badly to each other, then didn’t see each other again until the main part of the story… hardly a backstory/reason to be called each others nemesis. If I hadn’t read the blurb I would have said they weren’t particularly fond of each other. But the story itself was fantastic.

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2.5

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makaroni18's review

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reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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emotional funny hopeful

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

4.0

I am between a strong 3.5 or a 4✨

I get the hype. I really get why this book is so loved. I think this is one of the first times that I have read a book that I really struggled with liking the main character. Nora infuriated me. But at the same time, I don’t need to love the main character to love the book. Nora had her flaws but the issues and struggles that she was dealing with all came out, it was comforting. AND I LOVE THAT THERE WAS NOT A THIRD ACT BREAKUP! I think this book shows an accurate representation of growth and what it is like to react to grief and to react to change.

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