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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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:
Complicated
A beautiful book about the ups and downs of life and friendships. These 4 longtime friends are about to take a big step and open a bookstore together, yet as they get closer to the end of that road, crisises arise unexpectedly in each of their lives causing them to have to fight for their friendship and their plan to go as planned.
A wonderful story told in 4 perspectives.
A wonderful story told in 4 perspectives.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief
Minor: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Abortion
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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:
Complicated
If you’re looking to dive deep into four different friends’ lives where they have real problems, but they’re on a journey to open a bookshop, and live their best bookshop life then look no further.
Celeste, Yasmeen, Toni, and Leslie are on the verge of opening the bookstore of their dreams.
Just when they think they are on the right track, it seems everyone of them is thrown a curveball and they’re not sure they will be able to open the book shop at all.
Can they lean on each other to get through these tough times?
This book follows the lives of four book friends and their friendship journey. It’s a wild ride and each friend has something random and intense going on. Some of them I liked, one of them, not so much. For starters, I found one of the women very insufferable and she made some horrible life choices. I cannot for the life of me figure out how someone with three best friends could make the poor decisions she made, surely, she would at least listen to them and they’d put some sense into her head right? Not over the course of the book, nope. I really didn’t like reading her point of view chapters and it did diminish my enjoyment of the book. However, I enjoyed the other three characters. I found this book to not necessarily be about a bookshop, yes, they are working on opening one. But it was more a character development while they meander their way to opening a bookshop. Nothing huge really happens, but that is okay, I don’t think it needed to, I still enjoyed it.
Thank you to the publisher for my early review copy
Celeste, Yasmeen, Toni, and Leslie are on the verge of opening the bookstore of their dreams.
Just when they think they are on the right track, it seems everyone of them is thrown a curveball and they’re not sure they will be able to open the book shop at all.
Can they lean on each other to get through these tough times?
This book follows the lives of four book friends and their friendship journey. It’s a wild ride and each friend has something random and intense going on. Some of them I liked, one of them, not so much. For starters, I found one of the women very insufferable and she made some horrible life choices. I cannot for the life of me figure out how someone with three best friends could make the poor decisions she made, surely, she would at least listen to them and they’d put some sense into her head right? Not over the course of the book, nope. I really didn’t like reading her point of view chapters and it did diminish my enjoyment of the book. However, I enjoyed the other three characters. I found this book to not necessarily be about a bookshop, yes, they are working on opening one. But it was more a character development while they meander their way to opening a bookshop. Nothing huge really happens, but that is okay, I don’t think it needed to, I still enjoyed it.
Thank you to the publisher for my early review copy
emotional
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-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
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Four best friends - Celeste, Yasmeen, Toni, and Leslie - will finally make their dream come true and open a bookshop together. But everything in their lives gets upended before they even start and they'll have to decide what they truly want and what they're willing to fight for.
It's a solid story. It takes a hundred different turns that make it a little bit complicated if you're not paying attention, but I liked that it showed that things can pile up and everything is happening at the same time just like in real life. Getting a story of women stepping up for themselves and their friends when things really get tough is fantastic and I would have given it a high rating even if it wasn't that good, which makes the fact that Lindo-Rice made it easy to connect with everyone an amazing detail. Even with everything and everyone involved, it does feel like you're getting a full story from each character and getting to experience things with them. It's not something you often see pulled off so well.
Happy thanks to NetGalley and MIRA for the read!
It's a solid story. It takes a hundred different turns that make it a little bit complicated if you're not paying attention, but I liked that it showed that things can pile up and everything is happening at the same time just like in real life. Getting a story of women stepping up for themselves and their friends when things really get tough is fantastic and I would have given it a high rating even if it wasn't that good, which makes the fact that Lindo-Rice made it easy to connect with everyone an amazing detail. Even with everything and everyone involved, it does feel like you're getting a full story from each character and getting to experience things with them. It's not something you often see pulled off so well.
Happy thanks to NetGalley and MIRA for the read!
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Bookshop Sisterhood by Michelle Lindo-Rice is a heartwarming tale of friendship and sisterhood, with a dash of romance and family drama thrown in, that stays with you long after you have turned the last page.
After reading the first chapter, I wasn't sure that this was the book for me; it failed to grab my attention and I almost put it aside. I am so glad that I continued reading! The story of four friends sticking together through thick and thin, no matter what challenges are thrown in their paths or what mistakes they make, is one that is sure to resonate with even the most jaded of readers.
Well-written and engaging, this book is the perfect summer read, and can be read for the pure pleasure of the four inter-mingling stories or for the lessons found therein, or for both.
I am happy to have received a copy of #TheBookshopSisterhood from #NetGalley .
After reading the first chapter, I wasn't sure that this was the book for me; it failed to grab my attention and I almost put it aside. I am so glad that I continued reading! The story of four friends sticking together through thick and thin, no matter what challenges are thrown in their paths or what mistakes they make, is one that is sure to resonate with even the most jaded of readers.
Well-written and engaging, this book is the perfect summer read, and can be read for the pure pleasure of the four inter-mingling stories or for the lessons found therein, or for both.
I am happy to have received a copy of #TheBookshopSisterhood from #NetGalley .