A review by joymargot
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

3.0

I had high hopes for this as I love a cosy translated book about books, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as I expected to. The story is meandering and the dialogue is often stilted, although that may have been the translation. The characters felt rather one dimensional and all seemed to be suffering with the same directionless-ness! 

With that said, I definitely didn’t have a bad time, and the notion of “downshifting” really resonated with me.

Definitely worth a read, but I personally preferred What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa.

Thank you to Bloomsbury for the ARC.