Brevemente spiego il perché di 3 stelle. Storia bella, scritto bene, alcuni ottimi personaggi. E sono stata moooolto buona -forse troppo-. La protagonista é una cretina. Non quanto altre che ho conosciuto precedentemente, ma si classifica in una posizione sufficientemente alta. Il finale mi ha lasciata a bocca asciutta. No, più che altro mi ha dato il nervoso. PERCHÉ. Io shippavo ed hai fatto finire tutto così. Non ci sto, Deborah. Interesting, what one reader will praise and another pan. I found this novel to be deeply satisfying. A bookstore setting, quirky characters, a love interest--even if he is all wrong for the gal--and a literary feel to the chick-lit genre made me a happy reader. Here's an excerpt from my review for Booklist:Art History major Esme Garland from England settles into life in Manhattan when she discovers she's pregnant. Mitchell van Leuven, the wealthy father of her child, is enchanted by Esme but not in love, and he dumps her as she is on the brink of telling him about the child. To support herself and the baby, Esme takes a job in a secondhand bookstore, a gathering place for the eccentric who watch over her through her pregnancy. Then Mitchell reappears, and once again she is seduced by his charms. This character-driven novel is about a woman trying to fit in and discovering her own path. It's about the man who sweeps Esme into his orbit against her better judgment and who is battling his own demons. It's about the quirky booksellers who adopt Esme as part of the family, including Luke, a guitar-playing loner whose blunt honesty serves as her annoyance and salvation. Above all, it's about the love of books. Written in a style by turns witty and poetic.
What do You think about De Boekwinkel (2013)?
The author should have focused more on the bookstore and less on the crum, Mitchell.
—ARReader
