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Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce

23 reviews

_haggis_'s review against another edition

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funny inspiring lighthearted sad fast-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

Breezy and heart-warming it was just the thing to get me out of my reading slump. It's a little bit silly but sometimes you just need that. The friendships are wonderful to read about and the characters are lovely if not complex. I particularly enjoyed reading a wwii novel that neither dwelled solely in the darkness nor pretended it was all chummy
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phoebemagdalena's review against another edition

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emotional funny tense 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

3.5

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jojo50's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.75

I would have given this five stars except that the main character is a bit too much of naive doofus for me and the resolution of the problem is a bit too implausible. Otherwise the characters ary well written and the book is interesting, funny, sometimes exciting. It's a fairly gentle way to show some of the Terrors that British people faced during World War II.
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atamano's review against another edition

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emotional 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

2.75

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smreads24's review against another edition

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

3.75

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teacupsandfirereads's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I never thought I'd tag a book set around the war as "lighthearted" but here we are. The premise of this was good, but didn't fully click for me to love and I can:t say why. Maybe it took me longer than needed to get into. The beginning is slow, but it does pick up. I think what it really highlights is friendships and I liked that aspect. It looked at it in many forms. 
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kairhone's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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chemeducator's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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norwegianforestreader's review

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

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kellyreadingbooks's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

3.0

This book was pretty good! I don't think anything about it will stick with me, but it was a very lighthearted read. So many conflicts seemed like non-conflicts, even for the time period it was written in. Our main character wasn't the brightest in the box but it did make her loveable if not a bit frustrating haha! If the synopsis grabs you, and you need something that's light/feel-good in a WW2 Hallmark movie type of way, I'd pick this one up! 
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