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3.25 AVERAGE
3.25 AVERAGE
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Enjoyed the vibes of the book but the ending was a disappointing copout. Still got mostly what I expected out of it.
3.5 stars...It’s a super quick read and I wish I would have enjoyed it more. It was hard to keep some of the characters straight at times.
I seem to be reading a lot of nice books about libraries and bookshops lately. This one was quite nice as well; nothing special.
3.5-4 I enjoyed reading this cozy story set on a Finfarren peninsula in Ireland. Hanna was not the model librarian for most of the book, and therefore not very likeable either. But I truly enjoyed the concept of a community getting together to improve the quality of living. While their efforts ultimately may not have produced the "win" and maybe needed divine intervention, I felt good about the ending and am more than willing to read the next in the series.
Deathly boring, unlikable characters. Could barely finish. Had the things I love, books, old cottage renovation, by the sea. Alas, was pretty terrible.
This was a cute book. Reminded me a lot of Maeve Binchy. I’m a sucker for a book taking place in Ireland. Can’t wait for the 2nd book. I’m invested in these characters.
Wrong time for this read, maybe, or I'm just the wrong person to read it. I couldn't get over how much the MC did not like her job and treated the library like a place that people should not be able to people in. Maybe that gets better, but almost halfway through and I want to throw stats and studies in her face and it isn't allowing me to enjoy this read.
This book was a little slow. Most of the book was about a divorcee and the library discussion didn’t start until the end of it. I enjoyed that part of the story and might read the follow up books for hopefully more of this story.
The audio narration is excellent. I have read quite a few "rural library van" books, and this is one of the better ones.
I got this book thinking it was non-fiction. I was wrong, sigh. And on top of that it is romance fiction. Hanna Casey has come back home from London after a divorce. The story purports to be about a mobile library (bookmobile) wandering rural Ireland. In reality, this story hardly figures into the plot. Hanna divorced a very rich man and didn't want any settlement. They have a teenage daughter and she doesn't have a job. This is the first clue that this woman is hopeless. There is a ridiculous episode where she flies to London and gets a hotel room (where does she get the money?) and has her husband meet her in her room so she can ask him again for money. Of course he gets the wrong idea of what she's up to and she gets angry and so on. A wasted trip and a stupid scene which kind of sums up some of the problems I had with the book.
Her personality comes across much of the time as somewhat snarky. In Maeve Binchy fashion (I really liked MB despite her over the top optimistic stories) people collect around Hanna to make her life easier. But she's not nice to them. She decides to renovate a wreck of a family cottage even though she has no job or money. Somehow the bank lends her money and a local builder who she distrusts helps her by finding priceless fixtures and furniture for next to nothing (really?) which she doesn't appreciate. Towards the end of this unsatisfactory story, she meets a possible love interest. This book is labeled the first in a series - oh Lord, protect and save us from more schmaltz.
In the afterward, the author reveals this is a fictional place and even the details of life in rural Ireland don't quite resemble reality. Jeezzzzz.
Her personality comes across much of the time as somewhat snarky. In Maeve Binchy fashion (I really liked MB despite her over the top optimistic stories) people collect around Hanna to make her life easier. But she's not nice to them. She decides to renovate a wreck of a family cottage even though she has no job or money. Somehow the bank lends her money and a local builder who she distrusts helps her by finding priceless fixtures and furniture for next to nothing (really?) which she doesn't appreciate. Towards the end of this unsatisfactory story, she meets a possible love interest. This book is labeled the first in a series - oh Lord, protect and save us from more schmaltz.
In the afterward, the author reveals this is a fictional place and even the details of life in rural Ireland don't quite resemble reality. Jeezzzzz.