The Storied Life of a J Fikry Review
Nosotros are not quite short stories.
In the terminate, nosotros are collected works.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
About this volume:A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected information technology to exist. His wife has died; his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history; and at present his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. Slowly but surely, he is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island–from Chief Lambiase, the well-intentioned police force officer who'southward always felt kindly toward him; from Ismay, his sis-in-police force, who is hell-bent on saving A.J. from his dreary self; from Amelia, the lovely and idealistic (if eccentric) Knightley Press sales rep who persists in taking the ferry to Alice Isle, refusing to exist deterred past A.J.'south bad attitude. Fifty-fifty the books in his store accept stopped belongings pleasure for him. These days, he can only run into them as a sign of a earth that is changing too rapidly.
And so a mysterious package appears at the bookstore. It'south a small package, though large in weight–an unexpected arrival that gives A.J. the opportunity to make his life over, the power to come across everything anew. Information technology doesn't take long for the locals to observe the modify overcoming A.J., for the adamant sales rep Amelia to come across her curmudgeonly customer in a new light, for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.'due south earth. Or for everything to twist again into a version of his life that he didn't see coming.
About the writer: (excerpted from the author's website) Of all her books, Gabrielle Zevin is probably best known for the immature adult novelElsewhere, which has been translated into over 20 languages. She is as well the screenwriter ofConversations with Other Women (Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart) for which she received an Independent Spirit Award Nomination. She has also written for the New York Times Book Review and NPR'southwardAll Things Considered. Zevin is a graduate of Harvard University. After many years on Manhattan's Upper West Side, she recently moved to Silverish Lake, Los Angeles.
Genre: Fiction/Full general
Would I read this book, judged on its cover lonely? No, although I will say it captures the feel of the volume.
If this volume were a flick, I would rate it: PG-13 for occasional profanity and some sensuality (not graphic)
Reminds me of… The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Gild.
You'll want to buy this book if … yous love the world of books and booksellers.
Why did I read this book? As a She Reads blogger. Read what other reviewers are saying here.
Would I read some other past this author? If someone told me I should, yes.
My take: I don't remember I've ever been at a greater loss in trying to describe a novel. Parts of information technology read like a memoir, others like a chick-lit novel, yet others a mystery. Everything about it is quirky, whimsical and exterior-the-box. Past far information technology is the most off-center She Reads book club pick to date.
Did I like it? I did–more then every bit I got into information technology. It was a quick read, which I swallowed in several large gulps over the span of a single weekend. Would I recommend it? Well, yep. But I might exist a bit harder pressed to guarantee that you volition similar it also.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is ultimately a novel nigh people connecting with people connecting with books. If y'all're reading this blog, and so you're probably someone who likes making those kinds of connections (unless yous're my female parent, who mostly merely likes me 🙂 ). I would say and then that if y'all're looking for something altogether fresh and a petty eccentric, you might find this one to be but the ticket.
Thank you to Algonquin Books for providing me a free re-create to review. All opinions are mine.
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