Reviews

London, With Love by Sarra Manning

scottishlindsay's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-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

4.0

truffe's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.0

elliejmatthews's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

jodim1989's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.5

tambrads's review against another edition

4.0

This story follows Jen and Nick, who meet in the 80s at 16, through 20-odd years of friendships, fall-outs, and world events. It was an enjoyable, easy read and definitely evoked a lot of nostalgia! I particularly loved how London this book felt; the tube was basically a character in its own right.

Jen was such a relatable character! From being a teenager and having a be-all and end-all crush to growing into her own woman, her story focuses really well on her life and achievements outside of the men that she's dating. Yes, she is imperfect and regularly flips between her feelings of simple nostalgia and big love for Nick, but I think that's what made me like her so much. Nick was a little bit underdeveloped and I felt myself wanting a chapter from his POV, but this was Jen's story and ultimately I'm glad it focused on her.

I do understand why some people didn't love the way certain world events were used to progress Jen's story, but it personally didn't bother me and I thought it worked well.

Thank you NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

lolsford's review

dark emotional medium-paced

3.0

zoe42's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-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

4.0

brandie_abbie19's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

jbjp125's review

emotional funny sad fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Violence

9/11

evolvingwilds's review

emotional funny sad 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? Yes

4.0