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thxndxrstxrms 's review for:
The Christmas Bookshop
by Jenny Colgan
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I feel like this book tried to be too many things at once and I think the romance subplot fell flat. I kind of forgot there was even a romance plot until about two thirds through the book. There's three plots really - the bookshop, Carmen's family and the love triangle. But the love interests are very flat as characters and I felt like we didn't get to know either of them. I would have liked this book more if it dropped one of the subplots and honestly this could've been a really cozy book about family and an old bookshop. It didn't need the romance plot and I think it meant the other aspects of the story got weakened.