Name: Confessions of a Curious Bookseller
ISBN: 9781542025850

Elizabeth Green

A heartening and uproariously funny novel of high hopes, bad choices, book love, and one woman's best--and worst--intentions. Through emails, journal entries, combative online reviews, texts, and tweets, Fawn plans her next move to reclaim her beloved business--and her life.2;and her life.

A Novel

Confessions of a Curious Bookseller

shelby mosel

I reeealllyyy wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't. The concept is really cute. The writing is great. The main character is just so unbelievably unlikeable and as someone who worked in customer service and had terrible bosses similar to her, this didn't strike me as funny. She was just such a bully to her employees.

Kourtney

Oof. I saw the reviews before I read this where many said the main character is VERY unlikable, and I decided to take a chance because of my love of epistolary novels. I need a half star for this, as I would give it 1.5 stars.

As many have stated, Fawn is extremely unlikable. To give you some context, we see her argue with customers that have left bad reviews, declare anyone that doesn't go along with what she says as being jealous of her, lie to everyone about how amazing her life is (it's not), attempt to swindle customers, steal from her tenant, and be extremely jealous of her new-to-the-neighborhood bookstore/cafe owner. She writes her own Yelp-style reviews for both her own establishment, as well as against her competitors. 

I've seen unlikable characters before get their karma and grow from it, and the book was saved. That was not evident here. Fawn never learns from her horrific actions, and the story wraps up without any type of repercussion for her behavior. I think had this been included, the story would have had a much different rating.

 I received a free digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Andrea McGuffey

I just wasn't a fan on the main character. I found her extremely annoying and delusional. I was hoping for some character development but that didn't happen until the tail end and it wasn't significant enough for me to give it two stars.

Haleigh Marshall

Without question, Fawn Birchill knows that her used bookstore is the heart of West Philadelphia, a cornerstone of culture for a community that, for the past twenty years, has found the quirkiness absolutely charming. When an amicable young indie bookseller invades her block, Fawn is convinced that his cushy couches, impressive selection, coffee bar, and knowledgeable staff are a neighborhood blight. Misguided yet blindly resilient, Fawn readies for battle.

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