Author: Helene Hanff
Genre: Non-Fiction
Published: 1970
Personal Rating: 3.5/5
Yearly Count: 164
84, Charing Cross Road is the address of a London used book store. The employees of the store and a New York freelance writer exchange letters over a period of 20 years. The shared love of books begin their relationship and at the end, it is the shared loved of one another.
I enjoyed the book talk and it was nice to read about the growing relationships between all the parties involved through the epistolary writing style, but it wasn't enthralling - just good.
I liked this book a lot as I am a big fan of epistolary writing. I also liked the books and bookshop stories.
ReplyDeleteI'm just crazy about books about books and almost forty years ago when I read it this was an original and delightful book. Nice to read a review of an oldie, thanks.
ReplyDeletei read this one years ago when i was in college. i remember really enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteI just got a copy of this! I hope I like it better than you did. :)
ReplyDeleteBonnie ~ Yep, me too. :)
ReplyDeleteSandra ~ As an original read, I can imagine it being better than what I experienced now. I still thought it was good, though.
Alisonwonderland ~ I enjoyed it, but I like others better.
Bookfool ~ Oh, you probably will. :) I just read some really good epistolary books this year that this one somewhat paled in comparison.
Now you should rent the movie! Anthony Hopkins and Ann Bancroft. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLes ~ Okay! I will. :)
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