I feel as though I should gush over how marvelous this book was, a true
literary delight, enchanting, profound, etc. However, all I can think
to say is this is one of the strangest books I have ever read. Every
character was weird, there was not one person I could relate to. There
is not one character like any person I have ever met in real life.
Perhaps if you were a literature, English, French or women's studies major in college, you may enjoy The Little Paris Bookshop, but
I did not. Now, I love books and I love reading, and I am an
intelligent, educated person, but the only reason I finished this book
is that I received it from Blogging for Books in exchange for my honest
review. I felt obligated to read the whole thing in order to so.
The Little Paris Bookshop touts
itself as an adventure, and with that I can agree. The main character
travels through France on a barge, stopping at many quaint towns and
villages along the way. That aspect of the book I did enjoy, but it was not enough to redeem it in my mind.
I
chose this book to review because, as I said, I love books, so the
premise of a book about a floating bookstore on the Seine River really
sounded fascinating. However, I cannot recommend it-especially for the
high price of a hardcover.
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