Name: Sam 🌙's review of The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
Item: The Reader on the 6.27
Rating: 4
Author: Sam 🌙

Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

"Guylain Vignolles leads a dull and solitary life. He hates his job and his only company at home is a goldfish. Every morning he takes the 6.27 to his tedious job at a book pulping factory. He hates his boss and his assistant but he finds companionship with the factory's guard, an eccentric aficionado of classical literature. On the train each morning on the way to work, Guylain reads aloud to his fellow commuters the disparate pages that he rescues from the jaws of the monstrous pulping machine. One morning on the train, he finds a USB stick which contains the diary of a young woman. As Guylain reads the diary, he finds himself falling love with its author ... This enchanting novel is a warm and funny fable about literature's power to uplift even the most monotonous of lives; and how there can be dignity and poetry for even the most misunderstood."--Publisher's website.

The Reader on the 6.27

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Lydia Rose

The first time I’ve finished a book in one sitting in a long time.

Liz Carpenter

3.5 stars. 

Charming and quirky without being precious. "Book murderer" boy (sort of) meets lavatory attendant girl ... and dozens of octogenarians, two goldfish, a man looking for his legs, and The Thing.

Anastaciya

:) this will make you smile
a bit of a silly book, but in a good way

Amy Buckle

The premise of this novel concerns a man called Guylain Vignolles who hates his job at a book pulping factory. The only pleasure he takes from his work is by salvaging pages from the pulping machine – The Thing – and reading them aloud to his audience on the 6.27 train every morning... read the full review here: https://www.amybucklesbookshelf.co.uk...

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Working at a book pulping factory in a job he hates, Guylain Vignolles has but one pleasure in life. Sitting on the 6.27 train each day, Guylain recites aloud from pages he has saved from the jaws of his monstrous pulping machine. It's this release of words into the world that starts our hero on a journey that will finally bring meaning into his life. For one morning, Guylain discovers the diary of a lonely young woman: Julie. Julie feels as lost in the world as he does. As he reads from these pages to a rapt audience, Guylain finds himself falling hopelessly in love with their enchanting author. This is a tale bursting with larger-than-life characters, each of whom touches Guylain's life for the better. This captivating novel is a warm, funny fable about literature's power to uplift even the most downtrodden of lives.

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