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First Impressions: A Novel Of Old Books, Unexpected Love, And Jane Austen (2014)

by Charlie Lovett(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0525427244 (ISBN13: 9780525427247)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Viking Adult

review 1: A predictable but enjoyable what-if mystery in which a man may have been murdered, Jane Austen may be a plagiarist and it's up to a young antiquarian bookseller to solve both mysteries. Conservative readers may object to several references to and scenes depicting casual sex, and to more than a dozen instances of explicit language, especially at the end, which felt a bit rushed and unsatisfactory. The hero was underdeveloped, and the secondary characters didn't add much to flesh out the story world, but it was still an entertaining escape. A must-read for Austen bibliophiles.
review 2: A nice mystery wrapped around love stories occurring several centuries apart. Anyone interested in history of book printing, authors and writing should become a fan of Charlie Lov... moreett's novels. Here Jane Austen is juxtaposed against Sophia, a modern day book lover and collector. When her beloved uncle Bertram dies mysteriously she sets out to find the person responsible and to re-collect his book collection of personal favorites which her father had sold off in an effort to find resources for badly needed repairs to the family home. Fun read. less

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