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3.77 AVERAGE
I have never related to a character more in my life. Glad I own it - I'll definitely be rereading.
This was a cute book and I could definitely relate to the main character. I loved the way it ended! It was honest to who she was and didn't put her through some huge personality shift. It's okay to be an introvert!!!
I *really* did not dig this book, as much as I related to bits and pieces of it. Nina Hill is a solitary bookshop employee of a struggling bookshop (who somehow affords renting a guesthouse, eating out, a huge book habit, a pet and consistent exercise on that budget) who discovers she has a family and also love. She's quirky, tiny, not really attractive but also really attractive, loves reading and honestly does not feel like a real person. Plus, the ending was mega out of left field and felt incredibly rushed.
This would be getting a way better review if there were not so many ongoing references to JKR and the HP universe. Like, please dear world, give me a book with a nerdy bookish protagonist whose literary interests are more complex than still loving a fandom written by a terf. Just once.
I liked some things about this story, but the constant referencing to HP was distracting and unenjoyable.
I liked some things about this story, but the constant referencing to HP was distracting and unenjoyable.
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
Nina loves her life of books. Working at a bookstore, running book clubs there, attending several for herself, and being on a trivia team to use all she’s learned.
When her father, whom she never met, dies, she finds out she’s one of many, with siblings and nephews and nieces. For an introvert with anxiety, it’s a lot.
But as she meets a few, one by one, she sees common behaviours, interests, and even mannerisms, between her and them. Meanwhile, she starts seeing Tom, a trivia rival, a non reader(?!), but interesting and quick witted.
Things come together, fall apart, and are repaired at the end, with lots of laughs and serious moments along the way.
I love Peter best, and Nina and Tom have great conversations too. I don’t like her Mom, who seems too cold and selfish, but with her found family, she gains a lot of what she never had before.
Excelllent read.
GPL audiobook
When her father, whom she never met, dies, she finds out she’s one of many, with siblings and nephews and nieces. For an introvert with anxiety, it’s a lot.
But as she meets a few, one by one, she sees common behaviours, interests, and even mannerisms, between her and them. Meanwhile, she starts seeing Tom, a trivia rival, a non reader(?!), but interesting and quick witted.
Things come together, fall apart, and are repaired at the end, with lots of laughs and serious moments along the way.
I love Peter best, and Nina and Tom have great conversations too. I don’t like her Mom, who seems too cold and selfish, but with her found family, she gains a lot of what she never had before.
Excelllent read.
GPL audiobook
if anyone else watched Drew Gooden’s video about Nathan Baylet’s ‘Passion or Pancakes’, this book reads exactly the same way as that one