![]() ![]() What I didn’t like: I really wasn’t a fan of Manon’s character. I enjoyed reading about Perdu meeting them and finally creating connections with people after all his years of loneliness. ![]() The secondary characters are vibrant and oftentimes outlandish. The overall bookish feel of this book was wonderful, and you can really feel George’s love of books seep into Perdu’s character. For example, Perdu is always able to somehow read his customers and understand what book they need. I enjoyed George’s lyrical writing style, and how the book veers towards magical realism in some parts. While he physically journeys down the Seine in his bookshop, he emotionally breaks out of the depressed funk that he’s been stuck in for twenty years. Until one day, when he finally reads the letter, and decides to finally start living his life. ![]() But Perdu is harboring twenty years of heartache, after the love of his life left him without any explanation, except for a letter, which Perdu hasn’t been able to bear to even read. He calls it the Literary Apothecary, because he treats books as medicines to cure people of their broken hearts. Summary: In Paris, a fifty-year-old man named Monsieur Perdu runs a bookstore on a barge, which floats on the Seine. Alexis: While I didn’t enjoy The Little Paris Bookshop as much as The Book of Dreams by Nina George, I still really enjoyed reading it! ![]()
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