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The Bookshop Sisterhood
by Michelle Lindo-Rice
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I really wanted to like this book - four best friends with a motto of "We never miss book club" work toward opening a bookstore together. While I loved all the references to bookish culture (Libby! blankets! cozy reads!), there was just too much other stuff going on.
It's a lot to follow four main characters and I felt the book was driven by numerous outlandish external conflicts at the expense of getting to really know the characters and seeing them experience personal growth.
Things that happened to the characters:
It's a lot to follow four main characters and I felt the book was driven by numerous outlandish external conflicts at the expense of getting to really know the characters and seeing them experience personal growth.
Things that happened to the characters:
- carjacking plus hate crime
- winning the lottery
- sick child
falling for a grifter's scam secret adoption gambling father infertility abortion guilt teenage felony online stalker and blackmailer bad investments
I was looking for a compelling emotional story of friendship and books, and unfortunately this was not it.