1.31k reviews for:

The Paris Novel

Ruth Reichl

3.73 AVERAGE

wattsoak's review

3.5

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing fast-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

carareadsbooks's review

3.5

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia

aaron12493's review

3.0

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jblovinp's review

3.75

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

susannas_booknook's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

debraisretired's review

3.75

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: Yes

ablin's review

3.5

lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Fun but lightweight. There is an interesting mysterious air in the first half that has the potential to make up for the wild fantasy of everything that happens, but the mysteries are resolved in mundane and unsatisfying ways, so we are just left with privilege and fantasy that are not very self-aware. But it was lots of fun to read all the food descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault

kmmartin2000's review against another edition

2.5

hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book honestly moved really slowly for me. I loved the setting, but I just wasn’t attached to the characters at all. It was hard to read the prose and imagine a woman in her 30s. The imagery was great, but this book put me in a little bit of a slump. 

agica's review

5.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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What a wonderful book. It treats all the senses. It is a truly sensual book about finding yourself. There is art in everything in this book. Art in eating, cooking, in creating friendships and other relationships. Art with paintings, dresses and the beauty of Paris.
A fantastic journey on self discovery throughout all the senses. It really helped me to find my old sensual self. 

mollykeener's review

3.0

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced