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A review by taaya
Tagebuch eines Buchhändlers by Shaun Bythell
slow-paced
2.0
I usually like biographies or memoirs of people owning a book shop. But this was spectacularly redundant. And, between the lines, rather ableist. While I can understand his hatred of e-readers and can accept that as a non-disabled person he has NO idea how important they are for making books accessible, but his childish happiness about making a person who doesn't like to be touched feel bad by hugging them ... Yeah, don't EVER do that without permission. It might lead to a person needing DAYS to recover, because for some people that is a huge issue.
And somehow he seems to still have the humour of a five year old, judging by the book titles he thinks are worth mentioning or even funny.
So ... not a book for me. Especially since the few interesting things that could come up never DO come up or get answered, like:
- Why does a person who HATES people that much owns a book shop where he was to meet people?
- How is it possible that a person who HATES people that much has so many friends and surrounds himself with people who obviously hates even when the shop is closed?
And somehow he seems to still have the humour of a five year old, judging by the book titles he thinks are worth mentioning or even funny.
So ... not a book for me. Especially since the few interesting things that could come up never DO come up or get answered, like:
- Why does a person who HATES people that much owns a book shop where he was to meet people?
- How is it possible that a person who HATES people that much has so many friends and surrounds himself with people who obviously hates even when the shop is closed?
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism