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The Bookseller at the End of the World by Emma Clifton, Ruth Shaw

8 reviews

steph_phanie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Ruth Shaw has led one incredible and adventurous life. Although her journey was filled with much pain and heartbreak, she looks back upon her life with tenderness. Throughout most of her memoir, my thoughts were, "How did she do all this? How would one even begin? I could never!"

This is more than the story of a bookseller in New Zealand. It is the story of a daughter, mother, sailor (extraordinaire!), lover, survivor, and fighter. She was not perfect, but she was courageous and passionate, and that has brought her to the wonderful place she is in today.

There were some moments where I would have liked more context, detail, and emotion, but overall I enjoyed reading about her vibrant life.

*Please note the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcohol

miekss's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

I really liked hearing about Ruth’s story and with every second  chapter of her memoir being a story about her New Zealand bookshop and the people passing through whether regular or a tourist that left a mark on her life. I liked the the authors writing style - as a walkthrough of her life, it made sense to my chronologically ordered brain in the sense that’s also the way I tell stories. 

I felt like something was missing from this book, that I can’t quite grasp words for… perhaps a more in-depth telling of her emotional/feelings journey as these seemed masked by running away / glazed over time periods in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexism

Moderate: Child death, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

ppppaula's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

anjadesa's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use and Abortion

lauraxxpaige's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

omgsrsly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion and Murder

It's a story of her life. Of running from problems, towards adventure. There are a lot of experiences written about in this book. Ultimately it's positive and hopeful.

pagesofash's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, and Abortion

Minor: Pregnancy and War

kimi72714's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

Ruth, the author, has lived a very full life and as such, as experienced a great deal, including many horrible circumstances. They are generally handled with grace, but look up the CW before you begin.