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The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

10 reviews

katievallin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Death, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infidelity, War, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Medical content, Cursing, Death of parent, and Suicide

whirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Murder, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child death

bookbelle5_17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Review of The Lost Book Shop 

By: Evie Woods

This charming narrative tells the story of two women, Martha, a woman escaping an abusive marriage to Ireland, and Opaline, escaping an arranged marriage made by her brother to open a bookshop in Ireland. 

            I loved this story about finding yourself through literature and the whimsy of bookshops, though the book was not always happy.  The plot deals with escaping abuse and the horrors of how women were accused of insanity and put in an asylum because men didn’t like ‘hysterical” women.   I liked both Martha and Opaline for their strength and vulnerability.  They were both brave in their way, despite the suffering they experience.  Henry, Martha’s love interest, was charming and awkward, but has trouble being honest about his feelings. Him being an academic was a plus for me.   Madame Bowden is fun with her eccentricities and protecting Martha in her own unique way.   I liked Sylvia, but didn’t we get as much time with her as I would have liked.  Lyndon is such a monstrous human being and I hated him.  He tries to justify his actions making it seem he did the lesser evil of the options.  I have heard of Shakespeare and Company and it being part of Opaline’s story was cool to read about.  Though, this is fiction, and I don’t if the way the story includes the store is historically accurate. I had fun reading the subplot that was the literary mystery, and I don’t mean the lost bookshop itself, which was a cool concept to read it.   I haven’t read a lot of stories set in Ireland and reading about Ireland was magical with the beautiful descriptions to show us the Irish setting.  The bookshop was described so invitingly and loved how she set it up with displays of various objects the original owner had.  It was hard to read the parts where we hear about the abuse Martha experienced and it was also difficult to read the parts in the asylum.  World War II was featured in Opaline’s story, but it doesn’t play as big of a role in this story.  This was a great heartwarming read and I will read it again at some point..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: War

laurenvoice's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The Lost Bookshop was a perfect mix of magic and real life.

The three stories of Opaline, Martha, and Henry intertwined beautifully, and the stories left you feeling hopeful. There was no question left unanswered; the last paragraph of The Lost Bookshop answered that most important question. Oh, I do not know how I will get over this book - it was just so wonderful! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Confinement, Child death, Misogyny, and Violence

Minor: War, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

kaelizaco's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Alcohol

aimeethom05's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, War, Abandonment, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Misogyny

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, War, Death of parent, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

blackcoffeedaydreams's review

emotional hopeful mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Mostly enjoyed this book. Was kind of annoyed that this book with so much reference to historical authors and works briefly refers to "Alice in Wonderland" instead of the actual title of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child death

talyahonor23's review

dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

A sweet easy read. The writing was a little jarring at times and there were way too many characters and love interests that storylines just fell to the way side. Didn't like Henry at all and the some the reveals were very underwhelming. Cute read though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Murder, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Grief, and Toxic relationship

elliehope18's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A beautiful story, a very unique storyline full of twists and turns. I loved it ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Misogyny