A review by aftaerglows
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell

2.0

the author of this book comes across as extremely condescending and judgemental. i thought the descriptions were going to be quirky and fun, but bythell only seems interested in telling us that most of his customers are extremely obnoxious and that owning an independent bookshop is the worst thing ever. most books like these would have an introduction that specified 'the names of the people in this book have been changed out of respect for them, and the details of their lives have been mixed with other people's, so as to make them unrecognisable out of respect for their privacy'. but why do that when you could publicly make fun of them in a book they (and probably their friends, as bythell apparently lives in a relatively small town) are going to read?
i hope he doesn't close shop, however, because i fear he would publish more books