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A review by camsand
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
3.0
“It is a common misconception that booksellers look after books—they look after people…
I also compile courses of treatment. I prepare medicine made of letters, a cookbook that reads like a wonderful family Sunday, a novel whose hero resembles the reader, poetry to make tears flow that would otherwise be poisonous if swallowed.”
Literary Apothecary. Yes!
Bookshop on a boat on the Seine in Paris? Yes!
And the bookshop is a “literary apothecary” so the owner recommends books to heal each customer’s heart? Yes!
He takes his book boat through France’s river valleys to the south of France? Sign me right up!
Spend most of the book describing why the shop owner is lonely and sad? Ugh.
Make him have too many awkward, unrealistic interactions? No.
Make relationships spontaneously happen without any real connection or chemistry? Ok, take my name off the list.
I have been reading a lot of serious, heavy stuff lately, so I was looking for something light and comforting. Despite the seemingly delightful title and premise of “The Little Paris Bookshop," this book was heavy and serious after all.
I never felt as though I was in the story or that breathtaking setting during what should have been an amazing boat voyage from Paris to the south of France. (Looking at maps, I don’t think it’s actually possible to start in Paris and stay on the same river all the way south??? I may have missed an important logistical detail when reading.)
I also compile courses of treatment. I prepare medicine made of letters, a cookbook that reads like a wonderful family Sunday, a novel whose hero resembles the reader, poetry to make tears flow that would otherwise be poisonous if swallowed.”
Literary Apothecary. Yes!
Bookshop on a boat on the Seine in Paris? Yes!
And the bookshop is a “literary apothecary” so the owner recommends books to heal each customer’s heart? Yes!
He takes his book boat through France’s river valleys to the south of France? Sign me right up!
Spend most of the book describing why the shop owner is lonely and sad? Ugh.
Make him have too many awkward, unrealistic interactions? No.
Make relationships spontaneously happen without any real connection or chemistry? Ok, take my name off the list.
I have been reading a lot of serious, heavy stuff lately, so I was looking for something light and comforting. Despite the seemingly delightful title and premise of “The Little Paris Bookshop," this book was heavy and serious after all.
I never felt as though I was in the story or that breathtaking setting during what should have been an amazing boat voyage from Paris to the south of France. (Looking at maps, I don’t think it’s actually possible to start in Paris and stay on the same river all the way south??? I may have missed an important logistical detail when reading.)