I adore stories about small rural towns, close-knit neighbourhoods and the lives of everyday people, so this ticked a lot of boxes for me. This astute book is a story about human interaction and entanglement of lives, and it explores love, loss and scandal. It was a pleasant work of domestic fiction and I am very glad to have read it. I loved getting to know the characters, including the neighbourhood, which was a street in itself.

This book was interesting. It was told from a community point of view and not just one person. There are sad moments in this book, but it is an interesting read. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the arc of this book in return for my honest review. Receiving this book in this manner had no bearing on this review.

Unfortunately I had to DNF this one. I really struggled to get into it and struggled with the format.

The story was good and captivating. There were a lot of characters and each chapter focused on the different people that lived in this community. It took me a while to read, not really a lot happening throughout the book.

This is a read about the day-to-day life of neighbors and how well they do or do not know each other. The various characters are interesting as their part of the story plays out. The neighborhood may look calm from the outside looking in but inside there is much going on. The pacing was slow which is how life typically is until something happens. Ordinary people living their life in private with secrets, frailties, and hope for a better tomorrow. The picture painted by the author was reflective of issues we see today: domestic abuse, sexuality, gossiping, betrayal, and bad decision making. As I read, I thought about my own neighborhood and how well I know my neighbors. Also, how well I want to know my neighbors. I enjoyed this read with ordinary people living ordinary lives and dealing with sensitive issues.

It's about the intertwined lives of a small rural town – but through a completely adult point of view, and not tied to just one person's life – but rather the lives of a community, as a collective whole. The author shows us the flow of life of all the people living in the town, and how their lives intertwine – and they intertwine in the most unexpected ways, sometimes beautiful, sometimes even scandalous. It's a study of human behavior and the secrets they keep and how the smallest decisions can sometimes affect multiple lives and change them completely. I can't say the book was particularly sad or aimed at being so, I would rather say it was realistic – but one might come to agree that reality can be grim. Some of the situations in the book got me down with their sad reality of love, loss and 'it's just how it is'. Ultimately, the book could be set in any small neighbourhood or town – that's what I found most interesting about it.

I thank Blue Moon Publishing for sending me a copy for review in exchange for my honest opinion. It doesn't affect my opinion.

A fascinating and realistic portrait of a community, a book composed by the voices and experiences of different people.
It's well written, fascinating and moving, an insight into the everyday life of people.
Even if it's a bit slow at time, it's a pleasant read that gives a lot of food for thought.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC

This is a book that’s very suitable to read in a group and discuss the various interpersonal relationships, the togetherness of a neighborhood, it’s pros and cons on everyday life. This is a thoughtful foray into the lives of people in various stages, how such a tight knit community can be a great support for some while also be stifling for others who just don’t want to conform. The writing is beautiful, the pacing is a bit slow and the too many characters did get confusing at times, but it was still a fascinating read and very realistic in its portrayal.

Living somewhere like Primrose Street is my idea of hell but each to their own. I have a penchant for books set in small towns where people have lived for generations and keep each other’s secrets. Blame it on Stephen King. Primrose Street is the perfect setting for light and dark aspects of human nature to exist. This is not so much a novel as a series of vignettes focusing of the lives of people living on the street, some of whom have pretty dark secrets. Alternative chapters focus on the ancient trees that grow in the street and attempt to make them appear sentient as if they can understand human life. This doesn’t really work for me but does offer an interesting perspective on the events in Primrose Street. This is a good book, just the right amount of dark and intense at times.

This is a very sweet story that reads like a series of vignettes about life in a small town. The characters are delightful and offer a snapshot peek at a less complicated-seeming world that I found endearing and enjoyable to lose myself in for an afternoon (or two). It's a short book and a fairly quick read, but offers lots of food for thought since the eponymous street almost has a life of its own, due to the richness of the characters' relationships with each other via their co-existence on Primrose Street. It was a lovely and thoroughly pleasant book - which was a marvelous change of pace from all of the action/adventure/thriller/conspiracy/danger books that seem to be predominating the summer reading lists!

This book actually sums up colony life. I was born in a colony, and spent around 24 years of my life on that same building. Its nice to have known people all around you, but its suffocating for us, those believe in changes. For those who like to test their limits, break boundaries, colony life is sometimes frustrating, and more often cruel. 

The most common and severe problem is as I like to call it, "What will people say?" Which occurred a lot in this book. Parents refusing to acknowledge their kids uniqueness, cause its not common! What will people say?!!! Which lead them to lies, sadness and depression. Often heartbreaks even suicides..

This book also dealt with another problem of family life, that is "Not Listening". Not listening what kids have to say, what partner wants to say... For example, your kid don't want to go to a particular teacher. Instead of assuming she/he is doing it for avoiding studies, ask him/her whats wrong? TALK!! It really DOES SOLVE half of the problems in our life!!    

~"Thanks."

"For What?"

"For wanting to listen."

"How can it be any other way?"

"Well, it can. And I never want that again..." ~

The only problem I found with this book is, there are too many characters (understandable though, as it covers the WHOLE neighborhood). Which made it somewhat confusing from time to time ( I made a spreadsheet while reading this book to keep the relations straight >:D ) 

Do give it a try. It will convince you there are spaces in your life that could be improved just by talking... listening... For me, I sure know some people with whom I need to have some talk.. 

I am thinking about giving it a 4 star. 1 star solely for focusing on the problems of our society that no one is comfortable to talk about...

Held together by the maple trees, the residents of Primrose Street have their own hopes,experiences and secrets. This book brings them all together in a very perceptive way. It is a book of our time, dealing sensitively with the difficulties still of same sex relationships and the reaction to these,of the effect of domestic abuse on children as well as partners. It is very well written and holds the reader's attention throughout. It is not hard to identify with one or more of the residents. That gives the book much of its undoubted appeal.