The Museum of Ordinary People

I loved the premise of this book, so I was very excited to pick it up. I was expecting a heart warming story, similar to Freya Sampson's books. It was kind of like that, but possibly I had too high expectations, because I never fully got into the book. It definitely wasn't bad but it felt like it was missing some heart and charm.

I also didn't feel connected to the characters enough to care to keep reading through the slower parts. I had a hard time understanding the main character's motivations, and the decisions she was making just didn't make sense to me.

While from the blurb, it might seem the book is just about the museum, it really is more about the main character's life in general and her relationships. One of the other main plotlines is that the main character is dealing with the loss of her mother. I thought this was handled quite well. The book goes back and forth between two timelines, one where she's going through her moms stuff, and her journals to clear out her home after her passing.

Jess also has a boyfriend, Guy, that you will be begging her to dump throughout the whole book, but it really will take muuuuch longer than it should for some reason.

I also enjoyed the overall stance that objects are really big parts of our lives, they tell our stories, and we have emotional and physical connections to them. How we can learn about people through their belongings. How even the mundane can be someone's treasure.

Overall rating: 3.5⭐️

Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for the eARC!