I absolutely love this book! I love the irreverent humor, the characters, the stories of the strange happenings and the somewhat bizarre customers of I absolutely love this book! I love the irreverent humor, the characters, the stories of the strange happenings and the somewhat bizarre customers of the Bookshop. I worked in retail so I could definitely relate to the unusual and somewhat ridiculous questions of the customers. I love the somewhat snarky humor and the zany interactions between the owner, Shaun, and his employees. People who didn't like this book must not have any understanding of what retailers have to put up wih or they don't seem to get the differences in humor in countries other than the U.S.A. I chuckled, chortled, and laughed out loud all throughout this book and I am looking forward to reading the next book by Mr. Bythell....more