Emotional Ride Through a Bookstore

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I was super excited to read this book about a failing used bookstore and a community that pulled together to try to save it. There were some genius pieces I loved (like the chapter titles are book titles!). I did struggle a little to connect to the characters especially the main character Aaron. I felt like he was a little slow on the uptake as far as how boneheaded he was being in his choices. I felt like the romantic interest needed a bit more developing too. But as far as an emotional family story this book hit home with me, and I am not ashamed to admit that I definitely cried through the last couple of chapters. I did also really like the diversity in the cast. Not only was there a character in a wheelchair but their was a character who used they/them pronouns and it wasn’t called out or anything it just was. I also loved the books they mentioned and the light humor that balanced the emotional pieces.