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A review by radioactve_piano
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
4.0
The perfect commuter/quick bits of reading time book for me -- the chapters are mostly short, but in a way that makes perfect sense to the story. The writing is great (but I enjoyed her other book, too, so no surprise there). The story was interesting -- especially her choice to have it take place in a not-yet-big-American-metropolis in the middle of the century. And I love the premise of asking the "what if?" question and then following that thread for years.
The only reason I didn't give this a full 5 stars was I figured out the twist much earlier than the character -- and it was more of a waiting game on my part. I wouldn't say the story dragged, but I wish the twist hadn't been so clear so early on.
The only reason I didn't give this a full 5 stars was I figured out the twist much earlier than the character -- and it was more of a waiting game on my part. I wouldn't say the story dragged, but I wish the twist hadn't been so clear so early on.