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A review by thenovelbook
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
Not sure how to rate this one, as I loved the beginning but not so much the latter part. The plot is perfect: a 30-ish librarian out of a job takes to selling books out of a van in rural Scotland. The descriptions of the scenery and the people in the village are delightful.
But somewhere along the way, Nina's romantic entanglements take center stage and they're rather seedy by my standards, and, near the end, a little too PG-13. I generally recognize that this happens with modern books (and often prefer to avoid them) but the premise, reviews and beginning of this one were so sweet that I had higher expectations for it. Oh well!
But somewhere along the way, Nina's romantic entanglements take center stage and they're rather seedy by my standards, and, near the end, a little too PG-13. I generally recognize that this happens with modern books (and often prefer to avoid them) but the premise, reviews and beginning of this one were so sweet that I had higher expectations for it. Oh well!