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haneyhayespr's review against another edition
3.0
The Little Bakery on Rosemary Lane is a good fit for people who are in the mood for a heartwarming and lighthearted story about finding love and belonging in a small village community.
its_rik's review
3.0
Picked up for free at a telephone box book exchange in my village. Very fitting way to get this book as gives that vibe. Its extremely predictable but sometimes thats nice. Very pretty cover too
livres_de_bloss's review
1.0
An insipid and vacuous book about boring middle-aged women. Blech.
Do not recommend.
Do not recommend.
justelw's review
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
iaproton's review
emotional
funny
sad
tense
slow-paced
2.0
Very Meh
Very boring slow beginning,repetitiv , unpleasant with her mother criticising her,sexism and ruminations of her mother dying and her dissatisfaction with her life and her boss being rather horrible and demoting her .
40% of the book is spent in London until she finally travels to the countryside which is the cozier part of the book ,it seems like it's taking forever to get there around 11 chapters of an unpleasant introduction to her life and her wanting to quit her job,drunk embarrassment...
Supposedly the author is Fiona Gibson,under a fake name.
There is a major theme of infidelity throughout the book.It doesn't get that cozy feel until around 70% in of the book and the audiobook is not that relaxing because every so often there's a character who raises their voice either shouting or very enthusiastic and also there's a small segment of a kid's squeaky high-pitched voice. It's incredibly repetitive, which makes me wonder if this was originally posted in a magazine and cut up into segments with repetition so that readers could follow on from the last issue. I skipped about four chapters and it didn't really make a difference because what happened in those chapters seemed to have been told about four more times throughout the later parts of the book.I've finished two of her books now, and they were both very average that I pushed through to the end. Both of them I wouldn't read again, and I also wouldn't be interested in the rest of the series.
Not much character growth, accents can be bad and so many characters.
Some of the drama at around 88% (chapter 28) just felt forced and laughably silly.
The fashion blogs were funny and more of those would have made the book worthwhile instead of useless long winded descriptions.
It felt so predictable about Sean .
40% of the book is spent in London until she finally travels to the countryside which is the cozier part of the book ,it seems like it's taking forever to get there around 11 chapters of an unpleasant introduction to her life and her wanting to quit her job,drunk embarrassment...
Supposedly the author is Fiona Gibson,under a fake name.
There is a major theme of infidelity throughout the book.It doesn't get that cozy feel until around 70% in of the book and the audiobook is not that relaxing because every so often there's a character who raises their voice either shouting or very enthusiastic and also there's a small segment of a kid's squeaky high-pitched voice. It's incredibly repetitive, which makes me wonder if this was originally posted in a magazine and cut up into segments with repetition so that readers could follow on from the last issue. I skipped about four chapters and it didn't really make a difference because what happened in those chapters seemed to have been told about four more times throughout the later parts of the book.I've finished two of her books now, and they were both very average that I pushed through to the end. Both of them I wouldn't read again, and I also wouldn't be interested in the rest of the series.
Not much character growth, accents can be bad and so many characters.
Some of the drama at around 88% (chapter 28) just felt forced and laughably silly.
The fashion blogs were funny and more of those would have made the book worthwhile instead of useless long winded descriptions.
It felt so predictable about Sean .
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
divorce,burglaryhaneyhayespr's review
3.0
The Little Bakery on Rosemary Lane is a good fit for people who are in the mood for a heartwarming and lighthearted story about finding love and belonging in a small village community.
jo_bookworm's review
4.0
I am back visiting Rosemary Lane and it has been just over a year since I have been here. I was there when Della set up her bookshop specialising in one type of books - cookery ones. I wanted to go back and see how she was getting on and so I do with this new novel from Ellen Berry.
Back on Rosemary Lane, we do see something of Della, her bookshop is expanding, her happiness clearly there for everyone to see but she still worries about her sister, Roxanne.
Roxanne becomes the main protagonist for this story as she escaped Rosemary Lane as soon as she could for the bright lights of London. From nothing she has worked her way into the fashion industry and is a Fashion Editor on a glossy magazine, the sort you flick through in a waiting room but would not necessarily buy!
She has everything she wanted but it seems that something is perhaps missing - when fate means her job is suddenly changed to something else and her rather reluctant boyfriend refuses to commit to anything. Roxanne leaves London and returns to her sister in Rosemary Lane. But what is she going to do?
Roxanne discovers that there is very little to do. Della does not really need her help in the shop and it seems the only thing left her to do is to walk the dog. Trouble is her fashion knowledge and walking a dog on a wet Yorkshire dale are at odds with each other.
Whilst Roxanne learns that comfortable practical clothes are the way forward, no one is judging her and they take her at face value with no ulterior motive. Here she meets Michael who is just starting to find his feet in the new bakery on Rosemary Lane and when his daughter becomes friendly with Roxanne it seems that perhaps the bright lights of London have finally dulled. Of course it will not be that easy.
I enjoyed the interesting world of fashion and fashion photography. I certainly don't want to be part of that world and the author I would guess has had some experience within it, to get it across the way she did. The bakery is perhaps not a strong feature in the book and others have commented on this, but this was a very character driven novel but it has its place in setting the scene of the village and the lane of shops.
The story of Rosemary Lane has not finished, there has got to me much more to come? I am sure the pub that is featured in this book has a tale to tell and of course the bakery surely needs to expand? I can but dream and that is the sort of book this is. A lovely read.
Back on Rosemary Lane, we do see something of Della, her bookshop is expanding, her happiness clearly there for everyone to see but she still worries about her sister, Roxanne.
Roxanne becomes the main protagonist for this story as she escaped Rosemary Lane as soon as she could for the bright lights of London. From nothing she has worked her way into the fashion industry and is a Fashion Editor on a glossy magazine, the sort you flick through in a waiting room but would not necessarily buy!
She has everything she wanted but it seems that something is perhaps missing - when fate means her job is suddenly changed to something else and her rather reluctant boyfriend refuses to commit to anything. Roxanne leaves London and returns to her sister in Rosemary Lane. But what is she going to do?
Roxanne discovers that there is very little to do. Della does not really need her help in the shop and it seems the only thing left her to do is to walk the dog. Trouble is her fashion knowledge and walking a dog on a wet Yorkshire dale are at odds with each other.
Whilst Roxanne learns that comfortable practical clothes are the way forward, no one is judging her and they take her at face value with no ulterior motive. Here she meets Michael who is just starting to find his feet in the new bakery on Rosemary Lane and when his daughter becomes friendly with Roxanne it seems that perhaps the bright lights of London have finally dulled. Of course it will not be that easy.
I enjoyed the interesting world of fashion and fashion photography. I certainly don't want to be part of that world and the author I would guess has had some experience within it, to get it across the way she did. The bakery is perhaps not a strong feature in the book and others have commented on this, but this was a very character driven novel but it has its place in setting the scene of the village and the lane of shops.
The story of Rosemary Lane has not finished, there has got to me much more to come? I am sure the pub that is featured in this book has a tale to tell and of course the bakery surely needs to expand? I can but dream and that is the sort of book this is. A lovely read.
lisam0183_bookworm's review
3.0
I hadn't realised this was the 2nd in a series when I got it. It's about Roxanne, who works at a fashion magazine in London. Having a few issues with work and her relationship she takes a break to Burley Bridge to stay with her sister Della. Here she meets Michael, who runs the bakery.
The story wasn't really based around the bakery and more the bookshop that her sister runs (which is the title of the 1st book). It was a nice and easy read. I do feel the ending was left on a cliff edge though. Does Roxanne live out the dream she has? What happened to her neighbour?
The story wasn't really based around the bakery and more the bookshop that her sister runs (which is the title of the 1st book). It was a nice and easy read. I do feel the ending was left on a cliff edge though. Does Roxanne live out the dream she has? What happened to her neighbour?