The Midnight Bookshop

De: Amanda James

Narrado por: Tesni Kujore

You don't choose the book. The book chooses you…

Long ago, a bookshop was born – the beating heart of all those who find hope within the pages of a book. With the words penned upon the echo of old forests, new worlds are created.

It’s ready and waiting to welcome all those who know where to find it…

Strangers Jo, Adelaide and Kye are the least likely people to find themselves across the threshold of a bookshop.

But as their midnight book club shows them that a single book can change everything, all three realise that their own stories can be rewritten.

©2025 Amanda James (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers

Beautiful Concept…a little repetitive and didactic

This story had a bigger impact on me than I anticipated. The concept of the story and how books impact us, and how we ourselves are like authors was beautiful to me and kept me involved. The story itself wasn’t written poorly and the performance was fine, there were just points where it felt like the message was being excessively spelled out just in case the reader missed it. Other than that, this book really did have a significant impact on me and got me thinking.

Amazing narrator! And engaging storyline

Wonderful character development that just sucks you in and you become so engrossed in the story. The narrator was ethe most exceptional I have encountered so far!

Felt immature and surfacey.

I read another review of this book that referred to it as "heavy handed and didactic" and while I did have to look up didactic in the dictionary (intended to teach), the description really sums it up. It felt very much like the author wanted to teach you life lessons rather than let them unfold naturally through the course of the narrative. The characters felt very one dimensional and cartoonish. They lacked depth. The story had a good seed of creativity but the execution was just sort of clumsy and felt like a new writer still learning their craft. This one was a disappointment and is not one I'd recommend to others.