'The Bookshop' is largely focused on character-driven narrative without being overwhelmed by modern identity politics. Characters are presented with realistic flaws and motivations, and there's little indication that social identities override the story's core themes. The film cares more about literature and small-town dynamics than ticking off any 'diversity' checkboxes.

The movie explores traditional British sensibilities and small-town life. While the protagonist is an independent woman in a patriarchal society, the film doesn’t go out of its way to disparage tradition, religion, or masculinity but presents systemic resistance more as personal animosity than broad ideological attack.

The film doesn't demonize traditional beliefs nor does it aggressively champion any single worldview. Conflicts are personal, not ideological, and there’s room for nuance. No group is turned into a cartoonish villain solely for holding traditional or dissenting perspectives.