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emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-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
4.0
Like most readers, I absolutely adored The Lido so Libby Page had quite a difficult job following up that stunning debut. The 24-Hour Café was a great book but wasn't quite as good as The Lido in my opinion
This book is set over 24 hours, in the same location throughout of Stella's Café. The book primarily follows Hannah and Mona, best friends and waitresses at the café. The story also follows the lives of multiple people who visit the café that day. Every single character in this book is going through/has gone through their own personal battles and struggles (please check content warnings as quite a lot of the struggles touched on are potentially triggering).
I really like Libby's writing style. All of the different characters stories were written from their own perspective. I also enjoyed the use of flashbacks. In the case of Hannah and Mona, I liked that sometimes they both gave their own thoughts on the same event, it was interesting to read both sides of the story
the I liked every character but my favourites were Dan (the university student dealing with grief and currently homeless) and Joe & Haziq (the lovely gay couple who are being separated, as Haziq has been asked to leave the country by the government). Honestly would read whole books exclusively about these characters as I though they were the best
I loved that at the end of the book there was a chapter of 'A year later'. In this section of the book, we revisited each character to here how they were getting on a year on. I shed a few tears at this part as it was lovely to read that the characters were getting the better times and happiness they all deserved, after all the sadness they had faced
The book was a good read and I am looking forward to reading Libby's future books
This book is set over 24 hours, in the same location throughout of Stella's Café. The book primarily follows Hannah and Mona, best friends and waitresses at the café. The story also follows the lives of multiple people who visit the café that day. Every single character in this book is going through/has gone through their own personal battles and struggles (please check content warnings as quite a lot of the struggles touched on are potentially triggering).
I really like Libby's writing style. All of the different characters stories were written from their own perspective. I also enjoyed the use of flashbacks. In the case of Hannah and Mona, I liked that sometimes they both gave their own thoughts on the same event, it was interesting to read both sides of the story
the I liked every character but my favourites were Dan (the university student dealing with grief and currently homeless) and Joe & Haziq (the lovely gay couple who are being separated, as Haziq has been asked to leave the country by the government). Honestly would read whole books exclusively about these characters as I though they were the best
I loved that at the end of the book there was a chapter of 'A year later'. In this section of the book, we revisited each character to here how they were getting on a year on. I shed a few tears at this part as it was lovely to read that the characters were getting the better times and happiness they all deserved, after all the sadness they had faced
The book was a good read and I am looking forward to reading Libby's future books
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
homelessness, post-partum depression, deportation, stealing, theft
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