The Lonely Hearts Book Club | By Lucy Gilmore

 

Sloane Parker lives in a small town and works as a librarian. Arthur is an older cantankerous man who frequently patrons the library and many of the staff members run in fear when they see him. Sloane and Arthur barter back and forth - Arthur has quite a mouth full of insults.  Sloane has become accustomed to Arthur showing up and when he doesn't she becomes concerned. 

She finds out that he is recuperating from a medical emergency. He is all alone because he has run all of his help away. Sloane being the big hearted persons she is  steps up to help him despite him not wanting it.
A entire cast of characters enter the picture and friendships are forged as is a book club. 

Each characters story is told via their point of view. At times it can be confusing and you have to flip back to the start of the section to see who's story is being told. The characters with the exception of Arthur are a bit too similar. I could not fully invest is the story but that doesn't mean this isn't a good read. It just isn't a read for me. I struggled with Arthur because my grandfather (my grandparents raise me) was too similar to him and it made memories resurface. 

** I have been provided a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.