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267 reviews
A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé
slow-paced
3.0
Fine. There’s a lot of imbalance in division of the plot. Didn’t really get closure at the end which was frustrating. Characters were rich and lovable with a really romanticized setting of this beautiful bookstore. Also really liked the commentary of what defines a good book and how being able to relate that to the discussions I see online sometimes about how reading XYZ is “better” than reading something else because it’s more literary or serious appearing.
Euphoria by Lily King
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
5.0
Absolutely wonderful. Could sense and feel all the work, research, and heart that went into this book. It’s historical and inspired by Margaret Mead, a anthropologist from the 1930s, but with a really longing romance. I couldn’t put it down.
Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.5
Weird, short, dark, and twisty. Comically bizarre tale about Allison, a young woman who tries to find her path by escaping her LA life by buying a North Carolina beach house and how that does not exactly go to plan.