aftereliza's Reviews (946)

While this character was meant to by my age, also recently married, in that point in life when either everyone you know is getting married or having children, it didn't endear me to her. I didn't enjoy reading about her story and it made me sad. It was definitely an important story to tell, that there is life after love, after divorce and how messy communication is in the early 2020s. She went on a true heroine's journey, almost alienated all of her friends with how unbearable she was being, went to therapy and ended up in a better place by the end. I would only give this book to my most hopeless of friends. 

Lovely book for book lovers. A quick but enjoyable read! 

Very good! It was just very hard to get into the story because the characters seemed unrelatable and the story was hard to get into. 

Absolutely loved this book from cover to cover. The concept of a department store for dreams is so unique and fantastical that I am sad we don't have one in reality (that I know of). The main character was a wonderful fresh perspective and served as an introduction into this world but she was a slight bit naive at times. 

I loved reading this book, it captured the magic of the real Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris, the Odeon group and the literary scene of the 1920s. It felt like a wave of nostalgia and it made my miss my chaotic literary days when I was a student in Paris. 

Heartwarming, especially when read after the end of the Eras Tour and on Taylor's Birthday!

A really interesting overview into Katherine Ryan's story, how she came to England and became so successful. Really enjoyed her narration and loved the bonus chapter of her mother writing about her experiences raising Katherine and her sisters.