The Transatlantic Book Club discussion

Any thoughts on this yet?
I feel like I got a bit carried away with this one, when I was reading it it was charming and uplifting, occasionally schmaltzy to the point of nausea (Philibert's little performance anyone?), but I was willing to forgive it anything because it was all so life-affirming and French and I just wanted everyone to be happy and cosy and together in a slightly run down cottage in the countryside, or running a nice little business together in some sort of quirky little bistro...
After the fact it all seems a bit insubstantial and I feel embarrassed by how infatuated I was. It's like falling in love when you're a teenager, then once it's over looking back and wondering what the chuffing hell was that all about and where has my brain been for the last couple of weeks?

I thought it was a bit uneven; some parts were lovely, some could have been trimmed. I thought she spent too much time on Franck and Camille's will-they-won't-they and not enough time on the other characters; I wanted to see more of Philibert and his acting. It did feel a bit insubstantial--I was expecting something more intense after the reviews I read/heard--but it was charming. It reminded me constantly of living in Scotland, I suppose it was the characters each learning to live with strangers, never having enough money, and the work in the kitchen and as a cleaner. Not that the kitchens I worked in ever served really nice food, and I never lived anywhere as nice as the apartment they get to stay in. And I wasn't in France. Still, it made me a bit homesick. As I read, I kept thinking that it would make a could mini-series; there's a film, which I'll have to check out, but it stars Audrey Tatou and I can't see her as Camille somehow.