What a wonderful novel---my favorite so far this year. The author has written a love story about the power of books and how they help us and how they connect us to one another. I hope to read more by her.

The ultimate ode to the power of a story! I loved the interweaving stories that make up "No Two Persons" -- and how they showed the myriad ways one book can affect different lives. From the people who identified with its characters to the ones who used it to create something new, the story in "No Two Persons" has the power to change lives in ways big and small. I couldn't put it down.

No Two Persons, by Erica Bauermeister, is a carefully crafted novel about the influence of one book on multiple people’s lives. We start out with Alice, the author herself, as she goes through college and gains the skills and courage to write her life changing novel. We then meet multiple different individuals and see how Alice’s novel has impacted their lives in ways big and small. Their lives are all incredible different but yet still all changed by the same novel. I loved how unique the novel was but it took a while for the book the come together for me - it was kinda messy for a while. I feel like I almost need to reread it to see if I missed something or get a more complete picture or if that’s just how it is! Love the concept, just wish the execution was a little neater.

I immediately got pulled into this story and I think the first 1/4 was especially well done. I was very invested in Alice writing the book, and the first few installments of people reading it/being touched by it. As the book went on, I didn’t feel as strongly. I do think the idea and the concept is really well done; truly every character introduced who’s life is touched by the book in some way is unique and gives a different perspective. I like that while there were loose threads that tied all the sections together, they weren’t the expected threads and they didn’t repeat or give the same type of feeling at all. I really enjoyed the book overall and think it would do particularly well as a book club read. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to provide my honest review.

I loved this book! You meet Alice and learn a little about her life and the book she writes. Next, you meet a variety of people that are impacted by her book, whether by reading it or just having it make a brief appearance in their life. As you learn how each person is influenced in different ways by the same book, you see how some of the lives intertwine and reactions to the story influence later events. I finished it in a day because I couldn’t put it down and even two days later, the story still resonates.

This is one I will give and recommend to other book lovers.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Erica Bauermeister for the eARC.

I didn’t want this book to end, and I still don’t.

This is a very special book about a very special book. I was so engaged that when I started reading it, I read 25% of it in the first 24 hours. And every time I put it down, I found I wanted to get back to it as quickly as possible. I feel like I needed this book, but I can’t exactly tell you why.

The structure of the book is akin to nine or ten short stories linked together by a common theme. But that doesn’t begin to touch the emotional resonance that the author has created. The characters’ lives are deeply linked without them knowing it. It’s as subtle as it is deep.

Alice writes a book because the character “came” to her and she couldn’t not tell his story. The rest of the stories within the story are about how very different people “came” to Alice’s book. I love Erica Bauermeister for her insight and her wisdom. Perhaps that’s all I should say.

A really sweet ode to books and reading. It wasn’t a typical novel, structured more like short stories that are loosely connected. I don’t typically like short stories but enjoyed reading this and the creativity of all the different characters and how they might have encountered the novel within the novel. I wanted to know a little more about the novel within the novel, but enjoyed how it was slowly exposed bit by bit with each chapter.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advance reader copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review. No Two Persons is essentially a story about a story and ultimately, a tribute to the power of books. The novel opens with the story of Alice, a girl who has always wanted to be a writer and has spent most of her life chasing this dream but, has always come up just short of the mark. This is until she experiences something so completely life altering and shattering that she ultimately writes a masterpiece of a story as a way through her grief.

From there, the rest of the book is told in short stories about other characters, from completely different walks of life and backgrounds but, who are ultimately affected in some way by the book that Alice wrote. We see the way this book teaches our characters things about themselves, about people they love, and how these things they learned ultimately change the course of their lives.

Anyone who loves books, loves to read, and/or has experienced the power of what a story can do or how it can make you feel will most likely resonate with this book. Even though I could not relate to some of the issues faced by our characters, I could still understand how they felt when some part of Alice’s book clicked with them. Sometimes when reading short stories, I find it difficult to keep going in and out of different stories. But, with this book, the common theme that connected them all carried me through and made me want to keep reading.

This book was excellent, I would definitely recommend to book lovers everywhere! This is a special book to have on your shelf and I could definitely envision picking this one up again, at different points in my life, and feeling a piece of that magic again.

A great story about how one book can change the lives of so many people while also connecting them at the same time. Furthermore, it cements the fact that no two persons read a book the same way! A must read for anyone that is inspired by writing, art, or just humanity surviving.

The only downside to the book is that the middle section seemed to drag just a bit. But the beginning and end make it worth the read!!!

This novel is lovely. The story of books...where they come from and who they find along the way, The story is told under the umbrella of "no two persons" read the same book (as we all bring our lived lives along with us) and that no one can read the book the author actually wrote for the same reasons. The stories here intertwine and vine together. This is a beautiful book definitely written for booklovers! Thank you NetGalley and publishers for providing a digital ARC for review.

The most important thing to know about this book is that it's absolutely beautiful. This is my second book by this author (the first being The Scent Keeper which y'all also NEED to read), and I am absolutely captivated by her writing. At its core, this is a book about the power of reading. It is about what a book can give its readers and how that can also vary. The story begins focusing on the author of a book that will transcend the rest of the story. Alice is a talented writer that sometimes struggles to connect with her gift, but she finds her voice with Theo. The book is then about a variety of people who find their way to her book. What Theo gives each person is a little different, and that's the power of the story. This book again was just beautiful - I cannot say that enough. I couldn't put it down, and I also didn't want it to end. I actually wish I could read it again for the first time, so it could take my breath away again. Thanks to NetGalley for the early look at this May 2023 release.

No Two Persons was a loveletter to reading. Such a unique premise that I absolutely loved to see come to fruition. Seeing how one book affected so many different lives was so relateable and heartwarming.

I enjoyed this book. The plot was unlike other books iv read and I enjoyed the different perspectives. The impact of a book will have different meanings to each reader.

This book felt more like a collection of short stories than a novel. It traces how a book affects everyone who reads it in a different way. While I enjoyed the premise, I did find the connection between stories lacking. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

I know that I am in the minority on this one as I have seen many 5 star reviews. I did not enjoy this book at all. Though I saw and could appreciate some of the connections the book Theo had to each of the characters telling their stories; this book felt largely disjointed and uninteresting. I have read other books by this author that I have enjoyed. This one was just not for me.

i see so many posts and comments over books people love or dont like and i always say to myself that eveyone views a story differently. there is a few popular books that almost everyone loves but yet i didnt so this book was brilliant to read.

No Two Persons reads like a collection of short stories, It is an interesting approach to storytelling that words and stories can move people in different ways.

As a mood reader, this is a great book for me! I'm hoping to read more books like this one and I'll definitely be reading Ms. Bauermeister's other books. I highly recommend.

thank you netgalley and St. Martins Press.

all my reviews are my own thoughts and opinion and arent influenced by anyone else

This book is a testament and a tribute to the people that just *get* books. The book shares the story of nine different people, each touched in some way by a particular book. It's not a back-and-forth narrative; each person's story is told in its own chapter. You'll see flashes of other characters within each different story which just shows how one book, one author's idea, can spread and touch so many people.
The story flows well, the writing is great and there is emotional drama without being overly angsty. It's an easy read but not an insubstantial one. I definitely recommend this one!

Taken from the adage that no two persons read the same book, and rather than follow the life of one person, No Two Persons follows the life of one book, Theo, from its writing to publishing to being read by a teenager, a bookseller, an artist and more. No Two Persons reads almost like a collection of short stories, all strung together by the common thread of the book Theo. We watch as the book Theo touches each of its readers in different ways. It is a unique and interesting approach to storytelling that illuminates that ways words and stories can move people in different ways at different points in their loves.

NOTE: Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this one. I love how one book impacts so many different people. I also thought the ending was well done.

What a brilliant, gorgeous book. The premise, the ways that we all read a book - that no two people read the same book twice - is both simple and complex. No Two Persons begins and ends with Alice, the author of the novel that touches various characters lives, and in between, each chapter is a story of these characters, what they're going through when the book arrives in their lives.. This is a book for people who love books. Alice says, "It's weird, when one thing can be so many things at once, you know?" I felt such a sense of connection in reading this book, the myriad ways that we're all connected is one of the themes Erica Bauermeister so gracefully explores. I absolutely love this book, it's an early 2023 favorite. Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin Press for allowing me to read these beautiful words.