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The Bookbinder

Pip Williams

4.03 AVERAGE

cathelijnedeman's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

brandeereads's review against another edition

4.25

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

narzou7's review

4.0

4 ⭐️ I loved the overall message of this book: privilege is messy and ever-shifting, and war trauma, for lack of a better way of putting it, sucks so incredibly hard. The relationship between Peggy and Maude was my favorite part of the story. I thought the romance plot line was slightly below average, and the story as a whole suffered from pacing issues. I wanted a whole book about the last quarter of the story, and the middle dragged on a bit. While I didn’t enjoy this one as much as DoLW, it was still very much a worthwhile read.

cazzanada's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

adele_courge's review

5.0

This immediately became one my favorite books ! I'd really enjoyed The Dictionary of Lost Words but this touched me on another level. My different is not the same as Peggy's different but I related to her so strongly, the good and the bad, the happy and the sad. Maude is one of the most beautiful representation of autism I've read in fiction. And Tilda, beautiful, fierce, kind, queer Tilda. So many secondary characters moved me. I loved the History capital h and the feminism woven thoughout all these personal stories. I've cried several times, my heart broke and my heart sang and I will carry these characters and this world with me for a while.