A review by jessversteeg
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

ow that was quite a book. Not at all what I expected. I thought it would be a cutesie story of a man who gave books to people to help them. It’s that, but not cute. It’s a literary and poetic treatise to love lost too soon, it’s about that grief and getting through it, about healing and finding the other side. 

In some ways it’s like the adult (not like 18+ adult 😉) version of Words in Deep Blue, but it’s also deeply French. So French! 

The way it talks about love, the emotions, sensations, etc. is the opposite of a trashy romance. This book has 3 men at the center that treat their great loves as sacred. 

Anyways, I gave it 3 stars because it dragged a bit for me around 60-80% finished. It’s a great book, but one you have to be prepared for. 

This is not a bookshop meet-cute romance set in Parisl!!
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