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Mannen som läste högt på 06.27-tåget by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

8 reviews

rachelko's review against another edition

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

Spoilers but the protagonist shared diary of a woman he never met publicly and hunted her down - that was supposed to be romantic???

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gabbyyy_'s review against another edition

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hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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madamelacy's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

4.75

The first few pages of this book didn’t grab me because it felt a bit all over the place. However, so glad I persisted because it evolved into a really lovely, quirky story filled with gentle humour.

The main character, Guylain, rescues fragments of books, from a book pulping machine, which he reads out to his fellow commuters on the train to work. One day he finds journals written by a mystery woman and he becomes captivated by her.

I loved Guylain’s friends from work, Yvon who speaks in verse and Giuseppe who’s searching for his lost limbs.

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sternfrl613's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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megelizabeth's review against another edition

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2.0

I enjoyed the first half of this book, with its strange, unsettling vibe and combination of melancholic and uplifting tone. There's an odd, wonderful mix of fascinating characters, and I particularly liked the parts set at Magnolia Court and the focus on how literature can create and hone community and togetherness and joy.

However, as the second half of the book progressed, I became more and more uncomfortable with Guylain's actions, and just cannot ignore how creepy and invasive and disrespectful the whole thing became - and this clearly wasn't the author's intention. In addition to this, there are also a couple of harmful comments about anorexia and autism. Despite its strong start, then, I unfortunately ended up really not liking this book, and wouldn't recommend it.

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