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theaudioauditor's review against another edition
3.0
Audio book review.
An odd story that didn't quite grip me. I think maybe there was too much happening at once. Plenty of charm, but then some family mystery as well. I think the blossoming love story is charming, and watching how Mitchell interacts with his daughter was interesting. I wanted more of both and a sort of expansion on the grief Mitchell is still wading through. I found the fact he works on bridges where these locks are causing damage was a nice parallel, because he eventually wanted to lock his own on. However, the whole subplot with the girl he rescued and how she's been missing for over a year, that just didn't quite fit nicely with the rest of the book. Overall a fine story, but not super memorable.
An odd story that didn't quite grip me. I think maybe there was too much happening at once. Plenty of charm, but then some family mystery as well. I think the blossoming love story is charming, and watching how Mitchell interacts with his daughter was interesting. I wanted more of both and a sort of expansion on the grief Mitchell is still wading through. I found the fact he works on bridges where these locks are causing damage was a nice parallel, because he eventually wanted to lock his own on. However, the whole subplot with the girl he rescued and how she's been missing for over a year, that just didn't quite fit nicely with the rest of the book. Overall a fine story, but not super memorable.
mickysbookworm's review against another edition
4.0
What a lovely book and so refreshing to have been written from a mans point of view.
It made me smile and cry - such a lovely story.
I loved the characters and how the whole story revolves around bridges and love letters. ❤️
It made me smile and cry - such a lovely story.
I loved the characters and how the whole story revolves around bridges and love letters. ❤️
sweetlybsquared's review against another edition
3.0
What a sweet story! A 30-something widower is raising his daughter on his own in a small apartment in the city, so he can be close to the menial job he's taken so he has more time to devote to her. Instead of being the architect he was trained to be, he now cuts the padlocks that are tributes off the bridges he used to create. The locks may be sentimental to those who hang them there, but they're unsightly and heavy to the fences and structures they cling to.
His whole perspective starts changing after a woman falls into the river beneath one of the bridges as he's rushing to pick up his daughter. Being the only one to see her fall over the edge, he feels he has no choice but to jump in and rescue her. This one action leads to a new view of the padlocks, then new relationships and changes to how he interacts with those people he's known his whole life.
While the story eventually worked to its happily-ever-after, there seemed to be several different ways it could get there, so finding out the real ending was a joy. Unfortunately, several of the characters just felt like place-holders to me. The story was the real draw of this book. Overall, I'd give this one 3.5 out of 5 stars. It was a great pick-me-up story and a distraction without requiring a lot of my attention to untangle the story, characters, or relationships.
His whole perspective starts changing after a woman falls into the river beneath one of the bridges as he's rushing to pick up his daughter. Being the only one to see her fall over the edge, he feels he has no choice but to jump in and rescue her. This one action leads to a new view of the padlocks, then new relationships and changes to how he interacts with those people he's known his whole life.
While the story eventually worked to its happily-ever-after, there seemed to be several different ways it could get there, so finding out the real ending was a joy. Unfortunately, several of the characters just felt like place-holders to me. The story was the real draw of this book. Overall, I'd give this one 3.5 out of 5 stars. It was a great pick-me-up story and a distraction without requiring a lot of my attention to untangle the story, characters, or relationships.
karenika's review against another edition
3.0
this was a quick, sweet read. If you've read Phaedra Patrick before and liked it, you will enjoy this one, too. It's a sweet story of loss, learning to trust, family, and secrets.
shelbyl's review against another edition
4.0
Good story. Good narrator. Felt a little tedious in the middle, but didn’t give up and I’m glad I did. Sweet story. Entire story is a guy dealing with grief.
annarella's review against another edition
5.0
It's the first book I read by this author and won't surely be the last as I loved it.
It's not one of those book that make you fell in love after the first pages, it took a couple of chapter and when the story started going I was hooked.
This is a character driven story and I loved the great job the author did in making her character evolve and change.
The story is sweet, engrossing, heartwarming and heart wrenching at the same time. There is a lot of grief and a path to overcome it, there are characters who were hurt and heal facing their sufferance and going on with their life.
It's a book that talks about life, family, friendship, love and how all of them help us to live and evolve.
It was an excellent read, I strongly recommend it.
Many thanks to Park Row and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
It's not one of those book that make you fell in love after the first pages, it took a couple of chapter and when the story started going I was hooked.
This is a character driven story and I loved the great job the author did in making her character evolve and change.
The story is sweet, engrossing, heartwarming and heart wrenching at the same time. There is a lot of grief and a path to overcome it, there are characters who were hurt and heal facing their sufferance and going on with their life.
It's a book that talks about life, family, friendship, love and how all of them help us to live and evolve.
It was an excellent read, I strongly recommend it.
Many thanks to Park Row and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
estellabelle92's review against another edition
5.0
As I try to finish a bit more challenging of a read, I realized I needed a break. Plus, I received some unpleasant news from work so there's that too. I just need something a bit more fluffy. First, I tried a Harlequin, but I grew frustrated immediately with the protagonist and wasn't impressed with the period details either. Oh well. I kept looking through my piles.
This book popped up next and I gave it a shot. So glad I did. Just the kind of sweet but not syrupy read I needed. I easily can see this being made into a rom-com. It would be perfect.
Just a fun, escapist read.
This book popped up next and I gave it a shot. So glad I did. Just the kind of sweet but not syrupy read I needed. I easily can see this being made into a rom-com. It would be perfect.
Just a fun, escapist read.
sagebrushnbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Phaedra Patrick writes stories about stories. More than just sweet, sentimental, and charming (which it is!), The Secrets of Love Story Bridge explores how the individual stories constitute the history of a place, small lives lived, loves and losses, become the character of a city, define everything from its architecture to its personality. This is a lovely little read about letting go, starting over, and the million little invisible footprints our tiny lives leave on the world.
camillag's review against another edition
3.0
This was sweet. Not completely my thing but just v sweet. I adored Mitchell’s Character development and the imagery it provided. It was a nice cute story to get me out of the reading rut I found myself in
Quirky. So quirky.
Quirky. So quirky.
nicoleb24's review against another edition
3.0
i'd actually probably give it a 3.75 but that's not an option. it doesn't say much about the world and I'm not to fond of any other characters than liza and anita, but this is the only book I've ever read that's made me come close to crying. it's the equivalent of watching a rom-com.