Book #28

The book of lost things

by John Connolly

I wish I was a better writer, so I could give a better review of these books I've been reading, and or listening to, such as this one.

Instead, I rely on other sources, like good reads, to give you the premise of the book:

New York Times bestselling author John Connolly's unique imagination takes readers through the end of innocence into adulthood and beyond in this dark and triumphantly creative novel of grief and loss, loyalty and love, and the redemptive power of stories.
High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother. He is angry and alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in his imagination, he finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a land that is a strange reflection of his own world, populated by heroes and monsters, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book... The Book of Lost Things.

An imaginative tribute to the journey we must all make through the loss of innocence into adulthood, John Connolly's latest novel is a book for every adult who can recall the moment when childhood began to fade, and for every adult about to face that moment. The Book of Lost Things is a story of hope for all who have lost, and for all who have yet to lose. It is an exhilarating tale that reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives.

This was SUCH an entertaining book. Intense, scary, humorous, dramatic, all rolled up into one. My kids listened to a few minutes of the most intense part of the book driving home in the car after school one day. The girls thought it was terrifying, and the boy quite enjoyed it and is curious to know what else happens. While this is classified as a young adult book, it's more, to me, an adult book, that perhaps young adults might enjoy as it isn't your everyday fairytale.