The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin

4.02 AVERAGE

lkezele20's review against another edition

5.0
This was one of the best books I’ve read! It had me crying, laughing, every emotion on my plane ride

poppyrach's review against another edition

5.0
This was a cute little delightful read.

ingasteinunn's review against another edition

4.0
hopeful inspiring 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: No
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catieh87's review against another edition

4.75
emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kerridv's review against another edition

5.0
Absolutely delightful.

michelleuk123's review against another edition

2.0
I wanted to love this book but found it far too predictable and saccharine sweet. Many other WWII books I would recommend over this.

zorafaye's review

4.5
dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

jsmith6747's review against another edition

4.0
emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

christellereadsalot's review against another edition

5.0
Inspired by the true story of the few bookshops to survive the Blitz during WWII, this was a captivating, heartwarming, heartbreaking and beautiful book to listen to. It's a story of love, loss, grief, friendships, survival, hope, courage, sacrifice, starting to read and loving books, communities coming together, supporting each other through very hard times, resilience...

I absolutely loved listening to this book and will try and get a copy from my local library as soon as it is available (it's a very popular book) so that I can read the paper version.

The author has a new book coming out in July and I cannot wait.

mountainmama303's review against another edition

3.0
I found the writing in this book so grating. I liked the setting of London during the Blitz, I had not read a book in that setting before. I found that interesting. But the author's writing was repetitive and heavy-handed and honestly not that good.

Oh, and what person goes from not reading to The Count of Monte Cristo???