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frompemberleytomiltonblog 's review for:
Bloomsbury Girls
by Natalie Jenner
Review Published at:
https://frompemberleytomilton.wordpress.com/2022/05/19/bloomsbury-girls-by-natalie-jenner/
Bloomsbury Books transports the reader to 1950 and shows him what life in London was like for a myriad of characters with different backgrounds, different nationalities, and different expectations towards life. It brings back Evie Stone, a sweet girl introduced in Natalie Jenner’s debut book, The Jane Austen Society, but it also presents us with other characters who work at the bookshop in Lamb’s Conduit Street, namely Vivien Lowry and Grace Perkins around whom the main story will be centered.
As we are introduced to the bookshops many rules, the narrative connects those rules to the stories of the various employees who share a love for literature despite their many differences. This was one of the aspects I enjoyed the most about this book. I mean, what’s not to love in a book about books and literature? The setting was perfect! I loved to witness the events that were organized at the bookshop, follow the participants discussions, and to have well known authors like Daphne du Maurier, Samuel Beckett and George Orwell present in the story in one way or the other.
I found the diversity of characters and especially the diversity of their lives, their position in society and expectations very interesting as it demonstrated that everybody is unique and has their own struggles to face, but I also found it difficult to connect with all these characters because the book was somewhat descriptive and we were introduced not only to many different characters, but also to many details about their lives, thoughts, feelings and even the people connected to them, which created a distance towards the characters, and was at times distracting to me.
Even though this is a women-centric novel, and Grace was the person who captivated me the most, there were a few male characters such as Alex or Lord Baskin that I truly enjoyed and would have liked to get to know better. They were essential to get the Bloomsbury Girls where they needed to be in, and I really liked their contribute to the tale.
As the story progressed, I started to get more interested to know if the Bloomsbury girls would indeed overcome their fears and achieve their goal. I liked the fact that these women found a way to support each other, and that their common goal was also liberating with regards to their own personal struggles. Each one of these characters had something they felt they needed to overcome to be happy with their life, so I enjoyed seeing that books were the answer to their desires.
Summing up, Bloomsbury Girls in an immersive novel that transports the reader to the post World War II London society where the reader will find stories of lost hope and disappointment, but also resilience, friendship, strength and success.
https://frompemberleytomilton.wordpress.com/2022/05/19/bloomsbury-girls-by-natalie-jenner/
Bloomsbury Books transports the reader to 1950 and shows him what life in London was like for a myriad of characters with different backgrounds, different nationalities, and different expectations towards life. It brings back Evie Stone, a sweet girl introduced in Natalie Jenner’s debut book, The Jane Austen Society, but it also presents us with other characters who work at the bookshop in Lamb’s Conduit Street, namely Vivien Lowry and Grace Perkins around whom the main story will be centered.
As we are introduced to the bookshops many rules, the narrative connects those rules to the stories of the various employees who share a love for literature despite their many differences. This was one of the aspects I enjoyed the most about this book. I mean, what’s not to love in a book about books and literature? The setting was perfect! I loved to witness the events that were organized at the bookshop, follow the participants discussions, and to have well known authors like Daphne du Maurier, Samuel Beckett and George Orwell present in the story in one way or the other.
I found the diversity of characters and especially the diversity of their lives, their position in society and expectations very interesting as it demonstrated that everybody is unique and has their own struggles to face, but I also found it difficult to connect with all these characters because the book was somewhat descriptive and we were introduced not only to many different characters, but also to many details about their lives, thoughts, feelings and even the people connected to them, which created a distance towards the characters, and was at times distracting to me.
Even though this is a women-centric novel, and Grace was the person who captivated me the most, there were a few male characters such as Alex or Lord Baskin that I truly enjoyed and would have liked to get to know better. They were essential to get the Bloomsbury Girls where they needed to be in, and I really liked their contribute to the tale.
As the story progressed, I started to get more interested to know if the Bloomsbury girls would indeed overcome their fears and achieve their goal. I liked the fact that these women found a way to support each other, and that their common goal was also liberating with regards to their own personal struggles. Each one of these characters had something they felt they needed to overcome to be happy with their life, so I enjoyed seeing that books were the answer to their desires.
Summing up, Bloomsbury Girls in an immersive novel that transports the reader to the post World War II London society where the reader will find stories of lost hope and disappointment, but also resilience, friendship, strength and success.