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No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thank you St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the eARC of No Two Persons!  All opinions in this review are my own.

No Two Persons explores the unique experience that each reader has with the same book.  In the opening chapter, The Writer completes her book Theo and releases it into the world.  The rest of the novel tells stories like The Assistant who pulled Theo from the slush pile and The Teenager who is reading Theo for English class.  Each chapter focuses on a new person interacting with Theo.

I loved No Two Persons!  Not only is it a love letter to readers, but it shows how the same book can mean such different things to different people.  I like how all the characters were different and the connecting thread between them was the book.  I also liked how Theo wasn't the focus for some people.  While the book does appear in each character's life, sometimes it is not their joy of reading the book that is the focus of their story.

I recommend No Two Persons to any reader who likes interconnecting stories centered around the importance of reading!