A review by graywild
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I really liked the beginning of this story.  It covers Opaline in the early 1920 - an independent woman who becomes a book dealer.  Also Martha and Henry in present day.  Martha is coming off a terrible relationship and is hired to be the housekeeper of Madame Bowman.  Henry is a researcher looking for a lost bookstore in Dublin.  There are definitely some parallel things going on in Opaline's and Martha's lives. However, the lost bookstore part is not fully fleshed out and Madame Bowman becomes a weirdly complicated character with little to no background. Not sure how I feel about the ending.  Recommend for a vacation read.