I read it last month and really enjoyed despite thinking it would never be my kind of book.
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Yes!exactly?!! and everytime they mentioned the pots it was always with the disclaimer that she’s NOT VERY GOOD AT IT?! like i don’t get why, if emhen wanted to do a choosing between being a doctor and an artist kinda thing she didn’t make it clear that harriet was actually good at the art thing because how were we meant to support that choice? her student loans would have been ridiculous! and they never really addressed that wyn himself had essentially become what we were told he’d never wanted to be…. and we were meant to support that too?
wow i had a lot of repressed happy place thoughtsit was weirdly written imo because i don’t get how we were meant to see any of the decisions made by the main characters as sensible ones.
I wish she’d discovered she really liked research or teaching.. and maybe those jobs had less of a work load so she took up that pottery hobby she’d always been meaning to try and turned out she was good…
Me too!! Aside from anything I think I assumed a book called Happy Place might be.. happier.
Happy Place is the pits. That's the end of my review Terrible characters who don't even seem to like each other so why would we like them? It fully relied on the miscommunication trope both for the romance conflict and the friendship conflict. And at the end it was all brushed under the rug. And yes. It should have been called Sucky Place.
But! @slugella , I say you give Funny Story a try. The chemistry is much better. I don't fully remember why you don't like Book Lovers but I think you disliked the sister and thought Nora and Charlie were snobbish wankers? Well Daphne and Miles have great chemistry, are very down to earth, no snobbery in sight, and no sister. If after that you still hate EmHen I'll accept it
Terrible characters who don't even seem to like each other so why would we like them? It fully relied on the miscommunication trope both for the romance conflict and the friendship conflict. And at the end it was all brushed under the rug. And yes. It should have been called Sucky Place. But! @slugella , I say you give Funny Story a try. The chemistry is much better. I don't fully remember why you don't like Book Lovers but I think you disliked the sister and thought Nora and Charlie were snobbish wankers? Well Daphne and Miles have great chemistry, are very down to earth, no snobbery in sight, and no sister. If after that you still hate EmHen I'll accept it
Sucky Place is definitely more fitting.But! @slugella , I say you give Funny Story a try. The chemistry is much better. I don't fully remember why you don't like Book Lovers but I think you disliked the sister and thought Nora and Charlie were snobbish wankers? Well Daphne and Miles have great chemistry, are very down to earth, no snobbery in sight, and no sister. If after that you still hate EmHen I'll accept it
My friend has offered to lend Funny Story to me, and it does sound better. It will definitely be a three strikes and she's out for EmHen, though.
I think this was meHappy Place is the pits. That's the end of my review
But! @slugella , I say you give Funny Story a try. The chemistry is much better. I don't fully remember why you don't like Book Lovers but I think you disliked the sister and thought Nora and Charlie were snobbish wankers? Well Daphne and Miles have great chemistry, are very down to earth, no snobbery in sight, and no sister. If after that you still hate EmHen I'll accept it
Im intrigued to see if I like Funny Story as I liked Happy Place when I didnt like Book Lovers.
I have YMOV on my kindle to read and Ive ordered a Deluxe copy of Beach Read. Is that every book shes written?
Im happy to go in open minded though
sucky placeHappy Place is the pits. That's the end of my review
But! @slugella , I say you give Funny Story a try. The chemistry is much better. I don't fully remember why you don't like Book Lovers but I think you disliked the sister and thought Nora and Charlie were snobbish wankers? Well Daphne and Miles have great chemistry, are very down to earth, no snobbery in sight, and no sister. If after that you still hate EmHen I'll accept it
but yes, accurate. i’ve liked everything else she’s written so much that i was genuinely surprised by how much i did NOT enjoy it.
I've been putting off starting anything as I'm waiting for 2 from the library! I've been first in the queue for them for ages and I'm hoping to get the ready to collect email soon - I know if I do start a new book the email will come through
I'm reading my latest Kristin Hannah purchase - The Winter Garden. About half way through and enjoying it so far. I have 'The Women' in hardback to enjoy after!
I'm saddened to hear that the great C.J. Sansom has died. His Shardlake novels are by far my favourite historical mystery series. The TV adaptation of Dissolution is due to start on Disney+ this week as well 
Love this review.
I finished Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. I wanted a cosy palate cleanser and it fit the bill. Can't say I understand the hype, but it was a nice easy read. Some of the dialogue/writing was really stilted though. Anyone else read it? What did you think?
Ahhh!! Sorry to have mixed you guys up!!I think this was me
Im intrigued to see if I like Funny Story as I liked Happy Place when I didnt like Book Lovers.
I have YMOV on my kindle to read and Ive ordered a Deluxe copy of Beach Read. Is that every book shes written?
Im happy to go in open minded though
Those are all her romance books, yes. Before Beach Read she wrote YA, she has I think three YA books. Hated one of them (The Love That Split the World). Don't remember the others.
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This sounds very fair to me! That's what I do with TV shows. Three episodes, if I still don't like it, won't continue. Hope you do enjoy Funny Story!!Sucky Place is definitely more fitting.
My friend has offered to lend Funny Story to me, and it does sound better. It will definitely be a three strikes and she's out for EmHen, though.
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Aside from the YA book I didn't like, yep. I'd liked all three romances so very much and then HP was just like a bucket of cold water. Will you be reading Funny Story, LB?sucky place
And speaking of EmHen, I read her interview on the Guardian and apparently her next romance book has the parenting trope. I'm concerned, NGL.
No!I'm saddened to hear that the great C.J. Sansom has died. His Shardlake novels are by far my favourite historical mystery series. The TV adaptation of Dissolution is due to start on Disney+ this week as well
This has brought actual tears to my eyes. I just love Shardlake.
I knew he was sick but didn't realise it was quite so serious. Every so often I'd do a little google to see if we could expect a new novel.
RIP, Christopher.
I have read so many translated fiction books based around a bookshop I forget which ones I've read! They all just blur into one, at first I was thinking of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop which I've finished recently.Love this review.
I finished Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. I wanted a cosy palate cleanser and it fit the bill. Can't say I understand the hype, but it was a nice easy read. Some of the dialogue/writing was really stilted though. Anyone else read it? What did you think?
I found Days at the Morisaki Bookshop good at the beginning but the second half with the uncle's wife was a bit meh
Started They Both Die at the End but 30 pages in and just wasn’t into it at all - is it worth persevering?
put it down for now and started All The Light We Cannot See, late to the party but 100 pages in and like it so far.
put it down for now and started All The Light We Cannot See, late to the party but 100 pages in and like it so far.
i will! i have it on my shelf ready to go
and nnooo! parenting is one trope i can’t get on with, especially with it’s the main feature of a book. i don’t vibe with it and i find it’s really hard to write a non-irritating/believable child character ---
i liked both these books! though i did think that they both die at the end was a really interesting concept that didn’t quite land for me as a story (i get the spoiling the end at the start thing is interesting but it did make it hard to connect with them).
Lol yes there have been so many bookshop books! It's like saying 'oh it's the one with the cat on the front cover'.
Doesn't really narrow it down.I felt exactly the same about the second half. I thought the Momoko plot wasn't the strongest. It was good with just the uncle imo.
I struggled to get into it at first bc the narration was very YA, but by the end I was in tears. It's hard to say if you'll warm to the book or not. I definitely see how it could divide opinion. Haven't read All The Light We Cannot See but I've heard good things.
I read it when it was released in 2017 and loved it. Recently I went to read The First To Die at the End and really struggled to get into it - I ended up putting it down and never going back to it. I don’t know if 7 years younger me would have enjoyed the sequel more had I read it straight after the first, or if 7 years older me would enjoy the first one as much if I read it now.
I finished 'The Familiar' by Leigh Bardugo. Mixed feelings on it- I don't usually read historical fiction so it was a bit out of my comfort zone but I loved how she integrated the magical realism into the story, and her writing is always lovely to read. The pacing felt a little bit off- a bit of a lull in the middle for me, and then the last third picked right up again. Probably a 4* read all things considered.
The only thing I'd add is it took me a while to find Santangel a convincing love interest, because in my head I pictured him as quite ghost like and sickly!!
I've got This Family on my to buy list. Just realised it's in paperback, I'm a big fan of The Most Fun We've Ever Had, so will be purchasing soon. Thanks for your thoughts on it.Totally agree!! Also all of a sudden it was just like "oh I hate being a doctor I'll just quit and move to you". Which is fine but it felt a bit out of nowhere. I think she tried to hint about her not enjoying work but I think it could have been explored better. Also the friendships changing as you get older has SUCH interesting potential but wasn't done well here imo. Whewww end rant. The more I think of the book/characters the more wound up I get.
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I also read This Family recently by Kate Sawyer, I didn't read The Stranding as didn't sound like my kinda thing but love love loved This Family. It reminded me a lot of The Most Fun We Ever Had which I know a few people here also enjoyed. I think The Most Fun is slightly higher rated for me, but really did enjoy This Family too. It's a multi-POV, all set over one day when one of the characters is getting married, but alternate chapters show flashbacks into the history of the characters/family.
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