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What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
2.5
Really liked the first couple stories but then things were getting repetitive and the characters arcs were too long and drawn out.
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
I loved the way space was made everyday. I loved the small plot movements. I loved the language. This would be a great bedtime book and for me was almost a little book of meditations on what it means to be an inhabitant of earth. A great slow read, probably not a great speed read.
The Beginning of Everything by Jackie Fraser
challenging
dark
medium-paced
2.5
I think this suffered from my own high expectations after reading and loving The Bookshop of Second Chances earlier this month. This one feels like a bit of recycled plot from Fraser’s first with the added component that the main character is dealing with much darker trauma and has a complex about being irrevocably ruined and incapable of being loved. Her exact circumstances are not revealed until the end and the tension of it kept me worried about just what kind of book this was - was the Bad Ex going to come for her? Is the friend who’s coming on too strong going to cross a line? It’s another slow burn for the main love interests (although not as slow as Bookshop!) and a closed door romance. I also missed having the full cast of quirky characters as there was much less of that here. See - it’s that I LOVED Bookshop so much that I’m feeling so critical of Beginning. Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC.
The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0