Reviews

Little Boxes by Cecilia Knapp

elisabeth1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

dirgisw's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

3.5

mariana_cscs's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

dithaonth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

lotte_898's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

aireyfairy's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

annat's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

priyabhakta's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Reading this with the sound of the sea is my ears. I'm sad to be leaving these friends behind in the pages of this book.

mazza57's review

2.0

I had some struggles with this book about how the death of one man acts as a catalyst for changes in the lives of four others. My first problem is that the first 10 chapters or so (almost 30% of the book) are titled Sunday it really annoyed me that far from moving the narrative on we constantly rehash that Sunday through the eyes of one of those four people. I was far from captivated by the character depictions or their interactions and seriously considered giving up on the book.

It does improve over the latter parts of the book and there are some really well portrayed life choices being made but for me it does not really make up for the early turgidity. The author is new to me but this book does not tempt me to reading other works by her

annarella's review

4.0

It's a well written and riveting comeing of age story set in an unusual Brighton.
I loved the characters and their arc, the storytelling is very good and the plot well developed.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine