“We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own advantage and making the very mistakes for which we want to humiliate our neighbors.”

Charming, predictable, cliché...my top three words for this book. I added a fourth when I came here to write my review and I found out that I had already read this book—forgettable! 

While the characters were well-developed and there was plenty of charm and emotion on the pages of this book, it didn't bring me anything new or original. Every character was entirely predictable and I knew everything that was going to happen. 

If you're looking for a feel-good book that isn't going to disappoint or challenge you in any particular way, this is a good option. Although I'm not sorry I read it once, I am a bit sorry to have done so twice...I'll never get through my TRB list if I do that! 

This book was shockingly very cute, while also addressing many social issues, like narcissism and its effect on the elderly, small town racism/ethnocentrism, and American capitalism’s effect on small town Britain. But, predominantly, it was a beautiful slow burn romance between two elderly people despite society trying to keep them apart based on their race and class. Surprisingly good read—as I typically hate romances.