260 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2014 by Viking.
When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A.J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life.
Surprisingly disappointed by this one. It was fine, just nothing special and the ending fully pissed me off. I wanted more about the bookstore and less...sentimentality, I guess.
This is cheating: writing a book that mostly references other books that have been universally loved - of course folk will say it's great. oh, and make the protagonist a POC which is merely a fact and not in any way relevant to the plot. and adopt a black child. now the book is woke.... if anything, this book reminded me that there are plenty of great reads left, if I just exit modern times and choose from the previous generation of authors.
