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A review by ebonyessencebookshelf
The Bookshop Sisterhood by Michelle Lindo-Rice
Did not finish book. Stopped at 70%.
Thank you netgalley and harlequin for the arc. I kinda knew early on i would give it a 3 but at this point a 2. However, since i dnf I’ll just gave y’all my thoughts.
As we know age does not determine how mature one is. Even though you would think in some way, shape or form it should help. Well at 70% into the book i decided to dnf. The only character that didn’t piss me off completely was Leslie. She had a lot going on and a secret that really hurt her feelings. So i totally get it. Toni, Celeste and Yasmeen (especially the last one) really worked my nerves. Those three were dumb and/or desperate in more ways than one. I truly kept thinking “dang we can’t have one friend with brains or something going completely right for them?” Yasmeen i could never be friends with in real life.
I would have rather the book been written as the ladies already having the book store for about 3-5 years now. Then Us as readers get to come in to see how each one is navigating their life, friendships and being part owners. Also how they work with the community and different bookish things for the store to keep growing. Up until i decided to dnf the book the store or anything with books was probably mentioned let’s say around 8-10 times (just a guess). The book store was more so an afterthought to me hence why they probably should have already owned it.
I did not even care for them as a group of friends. They needed to either truly fix their issues or stop bringing the issues up. If you want drama then read this book because nothing up until i dnf it warmed my heart.
As we know age does not determine how mature one is. Even though you would think in some way, shape or form it should help. Well at 70% into the book i decided to dnf. The only character that didn’t piss me off completely was Leslie. She had a lot going on and a secret that really hurt her feelings. So i totally get it. Toni, Celeste and Yasmeen (especially the last one) really worked my nerves. Those three were dumb and/or desperate in more ways than one. I truly kept thinking “dang we can’t have one friend with brains or something going completely right for them?” Yasmeen i could never be friends with in real life.
I would have rather the book been written as the ladies already having the book store for about 3-5 years now. Then Us as readers get to come in to see how each one is navigating their life, friendships and being part owners. Also how they work with the community and different bookish things for the store to keep growing. Up until i decided to dnf the book the store or anything with books was probably mentioned let’s say around 8-10 times (just a guess). The book store was more so an afterthought to me hence why they probably should have already owned it.
I did not even care for them as a group of friends. They needed to either truly fix their issues or stop bringing the issues up. If you want drama then read this book because nothing up until i dnf it warmed my heart.