⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Thanks to #netgalley and #lakeunionpublishing for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. A heartwarming, funny and very entertaining read. This book gave me Eleanor Oliphant vibes in all the very best ways. I loved the writing style of this book, it's written in a mix of emails and diary entries. I found this style to be very engaging and easy to read. It gave a delightful look into Fawn"s life as a second hand bookstore owner, the functioning and disfunctional relationships in her life, her hopes and dreams and the actual reality of her day day. #confessionsofacuriousbookseller #elizabethgreen #tea_sipping_bookworm #amazonkindle #litsy #goodreads #thestorygraph #bookstagram #bookqueen#chicklit

The major downfall of this novel was being told solely via emails, online ads, reviews, and letters. For most of it there seemed to be no real direction. I would’ve liked it so much more if it had been written traditionally and supplemented with emails as needed. Even worse, Fawn is the most unlikable narrator and as soon as she does something redeeming, it all comes crashing down in the next correspondence. There were a lot of loose ends with the side characters and I just wasn’t rooting for Fawn in any way. Meh. 2.5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is an interesting concept. I liked the email aspect, and it reads quickly. I love stories set in a bookstore, and I love an interesting format.

The main character was pretty unlikeable, which makes for a tougher read. Overall, I thought this was an okay read, and I would recommend it to others who love emails, posts, etc. and books, of course!

I maybe just wasn’t the right reader for this one, but am very thankful!

Oh my goodness this book is cute! It is very original and I cannot imagine the amount of time Elizabeth Green put into writing this book and keeping all the details straight and in order. It you want an easy read that will give you a few laughs along the way this is a great recommendation for you!

This book gave me some major Eleanor Oliphant vibes and I loved it! Cooky? Yes. But the way it was written I found Fawn absolutely hysterical as she got into email fights with the shop down the street, engaged in witty banter with her teenage employees, and a penpal as well. I found myself laughing and perfectly imagining the different characters!

I had high hopes for a book about a bookseller. The format (told in emails) made it difficult to follow the story. The character seems a bit unrealistic and annoying. Book was a bit disappointing. If you're a big fan of this format you may like it.

The story is told through emails, journal entries, combative online reviews, texts, and tweets. It took a while to get into the book (maybe because of the format in which it is written) but once I started to get to know Fawn I couldn't wait to see what she would get up to next.

Fawn Birchill is the sort of character you love to hate. An older lady with plenty of quirks, on a mission to fight for her bookstore. There's so much to not like about her character and yet you can't help but feel sorry for her in places (more towards the end when you know her better).

I loved her drunk emailing!

Even through we only get one side of the exchanges a lot of the time, it's still easy to form a solid image of the characters.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. I did not actually finish this book and I am surprised I made it as far as I did. The set up to this book seemed so interesting but the main character Fawn is just too annoying and make women in general look so bad.

I struggled quite a bit to finish this book. I really wanted to like the main character and her story because the idea of her was interesting to me: a bookseller, a cat lover. However, Fawn has to be the most unlovable character I have ever read: rude, quick to jump to conclusions, quick temper, judges everyone but then does not reflect on her own actions. It was so frustrating to read her emails to all these people. And it lasted like that for something like 300 pages until, for some reason, within the last 20 pages, she's a changed woman but that growth is not really explained.

Definitely not a book I'll reread in a few years.

I read to 15% of this book before I gave up, hated the format of this! Incredibly difficult to read and seemingly no rhyme or reason to the ‘story’ not for me unfortunately!

This just wasn’t what I was expecting and I’m sad to say not for me, the premise was so good, but I didn’t like that format, I just really didn’t like the main character at all, not likeable or sympathetic, she’s self centred, deceitful and obnoxious, just a no from me.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

I thought I was going to love this one as I love books about books and booksellers. However I wasn’t a big fan of the fact that the book was written pretty much in emails,, text messages and the like.

The format of this one got me interested, but I just couldn't connect with the lead character. This is one of few books I wasn't able to finish, unfortunately - just not for me.

Elizabeth Green's CONFESSIONS OF A CURIOUS BOOKSELLER is the story of Fawn Birchill, a dour, desperate woman isolated from the world around her and those who would connect. The story is told in the form of emails, texts, tweets, and handwritten letters -- an interesting approach and a promising one as well when Fawn's personal journal entries are included for an up-close-and-in-person view into a damaged and damaging person. Resolute reader that I am, I slogged through half of the book before realizing that there wasn't going to be a transformation, no startling moment of clarity and decision. Instead, it was a long, slow, miserable slog in the mind and withered heart of a delusional, sad, terribly lonely and bitter woman. I was sorry to abandon Fawn. She is the ultimate in terribly lost heroine surrounded by warm, smart, others who are strangely attached and loyal to her. I like to think that Fawn had that moment of clarity and made a hard decision to be the eternal wronged and misunderstood heroine in a preposterous story -- but I will not be continuing with it. The cover, the overall premise and the writing promised a wonderful read -- and the ultimate structure and story failed. I received a reviewer copy of this book courtesy of the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review.

Did not finish, DNF

I tried my hardest to get into this book. Initially I started with the audiobook but the format was impossible to follow via audio. Then when reading it, I kept feeling confused about who was writing and to who it was being sent. There are too many characters introduced too quickly and generally too much going on all at once.

This was a DNF for me. Awful. I really wanted to like this, but the MC was just insufferable and not likeable. The way the book is written is awesome and one of my favorite lay outs, but I just couldn't power through the actual MC.

I found the premise of this book rather intriguing, however unfortunately it didn't live up to my expectations at all.
I found the structure and the pace of the story lacking throughout, and the main protagonist didn't really add much to the book, or make the reader feel any form of connection towards them.
Sadly this book simply wasn't for me.

The format of the book was interesting and a novelty, at least for me. Written by the protagonist of the book in the form ofmostly emails, sounded like an interesting book. Not at all, I've never encounter such an annoying, unlikable protagonist.

I did finished the book but wished I didn't waste my time by doing so.

I don't recommend this book at all.

First of all, the title of this book is deceiving. There are no confessions here, this is a crazy bitter woman ranting and lying her way through life to her family, her business competitors and ultimately herself. She is anything but curious. It should be called Obnoxious Rants from a Narcissistic Bookseller.

Fawn Birchill owns the Curious Cat Book Emporium, which is slowly falling apart. A new bookstore opens down the street and she goes to never ending lengths to ruin their business and keep her own business afloat in the process. The story is told through a series of emails and journal entries.

I finished the book but I feel like this is a lot of time I will never get back and I cannot say it was worth it. The only reason I put the effort into finishing was because the format made it a fast read.

Not the light-hearted, funny book I was expecting. Instead, a sad story of a woman who was very difficult to like.