enigmaticreader 's review for:

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

4.0

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What a charming and lovely book! A nice and light read with a minor who-done-it. Gabrielle Zevin has done her homework when picking the stories she summarizes and has done a great job of doing so from the voice of the protagonist. While the story is well written, I never felt truly attached to any of the characters. Everything was very light and I never felt like anything was truly very serious. None of the "bad" characters are ever truly bad beyond a few poor character traits like selfishness or vanity. The plot is well developed if not slightly easy to predict and the characters interactions are all necessary and well written. All in all it's a very good book and I enjoyed following A.J. on his journey.