A review by ivannam1991
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson

2.0

It’s more of a 2.5 stars but Goodreads doesn’t have a half system. It’s not enough to boost it to a three though.

I’m not sure what is it about this book but I found it to be very boring. Maybe it was because I listened to it in audio (not my preferred way of reading but sometimes I give it a go), but there were many times were I kept zoning out. The characters were very empty, no one seemed concerned about the way the main character was behaving and the writing was to simplistic for my taste. As a huge book nerd, it the title that caught my attention, which I’m sure that was the case for many people that picked up this book, but the back and forth between two lives is what really caught my attention. It unfortunately let me down completely since the two timelines pretty much led to nowhere.

There were certain issues that the author was trying to show within the book (little rights for women, certain mental disabilities, etc), especially during the period the book took place. I give the author credit for that but not enough to continue reading the author’s other works. I personally should’ve DNF this book but I hoping it would give something more. Huge disappointment.