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A review by thereadinghammock
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A beautiful love letter to grief, loss, love, finding yourself after loss, and refinding love after loss. Nina George's lovely story of Jean Perdu rediscovering life after grieving the loss of his lover 21 years before. Jean's amazing ability to read his customers to "prescribe" then just the book they need to cure their woes, hence the shop name, The Literary Apothecary. The only person Jean is unable to read is himself.
A story of love, loss, and the difficulty in refinding joy in life after such great loss. Jean's is a story of finding a way to move on after being afraid to live for so long; Max a story of overcoming the fear of "what's next" after a remarkable success, but that's almost intrinsic of the millennial experience these days. Together, the unlikely pair begin healing the others' unseen wounds through friendship and the remarkable power of books.
On a road trip like no other, the men traverse the French canal system, making friends and changing lives along the way. The Literary Apothecary dispenses its bookish wisdom to customers and passengers both, and Nina George manages to pack remarkably insightful wisdom and worldly advice into a wonderful story of love, grief, found family, and relearning how to live.
A story of love, loss, and the difficulty in refinding joy in life after such great loss. Jean's is a story of finding a way to move on after being afraid to live for so long; Max a story of overcoming the fear of "what's next" after a remarkable success, but that's almost intrinsic of the millennial experience these days. Together, the unlikely pair begin healing the others' unseen wounds through friendship and the remarkable power of books.
On a road trip like no other, the men traverse the French canal system, making friends and changing lives along the way. The Literary Apothecary dispenses its bookish wisdom to customers and passengers both, and Nina George manages to pack remarkably insightful wisdom and worldly advice into a wonderful story of love, grief, found family, and relearning how to live.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Cancer, Sexual content, and Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent