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Skaista novele ar grāmatām, mīlestību, draudzību, dzīves traģēdijām un atklātību par cilvēku ķermeņiem ļoti veiksmīgās proporcijās.
Galvenais - ar spēju sākt un beigt stāstījumu pareizajā brīdī.
Brīnišķīgi.

tdt1989's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

<SPOILER> As I start my journey to read 100 books in a year, this one was a pleasure to start on! Following the daily journey of Guylain, a man working in a book shredding factory that absolutely loathes his job and escapes his daily troubles with short stories from pages he’s managed to rescue from the jaws of “the thing” His daily commute is made that little bit more tolerable as he reads aloud these pages to the other passengers on the train, but his life changes dramatically when he finds the diary of a public toilet attendant in the form of a USB stick…. How will he find her?

bookworm_lv's review against another edition

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5.0

Burvīgs, humorpilns, varbūt nedaudz dīvains un savāds stāsts par mīlestību. Par neparastu mīlestību.

jelena_k's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.5

eweindesign's review against another edition

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2.0

The reader is a man who takes the same train to work each day, and on the way, he reads the remaining pages of destroyed books. The reader's first pages are dark and disturbing, but his voice is so captivating, even a page from a cookbook holds his listeners spellbound. Unexpected reading material finds him when he comes across a memory stick (flash drive) stuffed in his usual seat. The private writings of a bathroom attendant cast light into his depression. This book was an unexpected love story that seemed to start out with tinges of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, and Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 before the color crept in.

One of my friends from the U.K. wrote a review for this one, and I found that, despite the "international bestseller" emblazoned on the cover, it's pretty hard to find a copy here from a public library. I ended up ordering it online.

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

The Reader on the 6:27 is Guylain, a rather lonely man. He lives alone with his goldfish, has a job - and colleagues - he hates pulping books, and seems to have just one friend, a former colleague who lost his legs in a horrific workplace accident. But he loves to read, surreptitiously rescues pages from his job and reads them aloud on his daily commute. One day he discovers a USB stick on the train. He checks its files hoping for clues as to its owner. What he finds are journal entries from Julie, a young woman who works as a public lavatory attendant. He is entranced by her writing and what he learns about her. Encouraged and prompted by his friend he manages tracks her down. While the romance element was neither large, nor of my favourite sort, nor particularly believable I did enjoy this book.
I have a soft spot for genuine characters who are stuck on the margins of society. I’m also a sucker for stories which emphasise the power of books, stories and words, especially their power to connect people, to bring them together. In those aspects this short sweet, almost fable like book delivered.

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4.0

The photos of Amelie become tiles in a bathroom.

A charming story!

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