Prepare for another glowing review, because I’ve just decided that this is my favorite book of the year so far.
After wrapping up her very successful book tour, Juliet Ashton has no idea what to write next about her post-WWII world. She receives an unexpected letter from Dawsey Adams, a resident of Guernsey Island, who has a book that she once owned and read it constantly while his island was occupied by Nazis during the war. Juliet begins a correspondence with Dawsey and eventually, the other members of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, but she has no idea she’ll find so much more than an idea for a book through these wonderful people.
These characters are enchanting. I fell in love with them just as Juliet did, and the longer the book goes on, the deeper I fell in love. This book is entirely written through letters, and at first I found it a bit disconcerting, but soon it made sense. It’s hard to describe, but there is something that is comforting and wonderful about reading this book; like it could reaffirm our faith in humanity, despite the atrocities that went on during the occupation of the island. It celebrates life and love while directly placing them in the shadow of World War II. Putting life in perspective, making us realize how lucky we are, I’d say, with a cast of marvelous characters and a distinctly enjoyable prose style. It’s a story that doesn’t surprise you, but pleases you when it goes above and beyond your expectations. It creates a world that I honestly never wanted to leave, and as soon as I finished I wanted to read it all over again.
This book deserves the hype. I highly recommend it to absolutely everyone. Buy this book on Amazon.
It’s a great read isn’t it! I totally enjoyed it when I read it as well!
I’ve got this book in my to be read pile and can’t wait to get to it!
Wow, people seem to really love this book! You have me convinced, I’m adding it to my TBR pile as soon as I finish writing this!
Meghan, enjoyed your review. I want to read this book too, I love that time period!
I tried unsuccessfully to get a review copy of this book. I suppose I’ll have to just break down and buy it.
as turned off as I am by the title (I have a thing about not reading books with bad titles), this may be a book I break down and borrow from the library. what do you think the odds are that they’ll make a decent movie out of it?
Favorite book of the year so far– high praise indeed! I need to buy this, yesterday!
Actually you know what, I’m buying it right now through you because otherwise it will get buried on my wishlist!
I almost wish I could start seeing some bad reviews of this book because every review I’ve seen is just a reminder I need just buy this already.
I thought it was great too. I kept think who would be right for each part when the movie or TV series is made. I find thatm for me,this is a good sign of a great book.
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