The Book of Lost Things

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User Review - Ralphd00d - LibraryThing

This was my first novel by this author, whom I have read good things about (the author, that is). This is a tale about growing up, I think it was meant for a more Young Adult crowd, than an adult one ... Read full review

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User Review - neal_ - LibraryThing

Felt like a film script proposal. The ending was disappointingly predictable and seemed to contradict the idea that happy endings should be avoided. Read full review

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User Review - MichelleCH - LibraryThing

This one of those books that I kept imagining page by page would get better. The story is about a young boy, David, who loses his mother to an unknown sickness; and happens early on. This part of the ... Read full review

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User Review - Rincey - LibraryThing

A book that had so much potential and failed to live up to it. It was an OK book... the creatures are kind of disturbing and they definitely try too hard on trying to do twists on common fairy tales ... Read full review

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User Review - brokenangelkisses - LibraryThing

I wasn’t initially convinced by ‘The Book of Lost Things’. An adult fairytale? Yes, possibly, if kept fairly short and written by someone like Angela Carter. But 502 pages of adult fairytale? At least ... Read full review

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User Review - tap_aparecium - LibraryThing

I loved the idea of this book. Bringing different stories and fairy-tales into one book is an epic endeavor. Unfortunately I didn't find the execution to be that engaging. Though I will say it definitely shows an honest and very dark side to fairy-tales all the way to the end. Read full review

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User Review - turtelina - LibraryThing

The beginning and the end I really enjoyed. The inbetween was mad! It makes so much more sense now and I might have enjoyed the book more, had he put the ending at the beginning to make it easier to ... Read full review

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User Review - highvoltagegrrl - LibraryThing

The story telling was at times bland and boring, I only wanted to read the good stuff, which in this book, is the action or the meeting of those classic characters. I had to push myself to make it ... Read full review

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User Review - anoceandrowning - LibraryThing

So a kid walks into a bar...no..wait...a tree.And in the tree he meets all sorts of fairy tale creatures, including Snow White and the seven dwarfs. He travels with a woodsman and a knight- it's up to ... Read full review

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User Review - rfewell - LibraryThing

A great fantasy book in the same tradition as Inkheart. A young boy goes through a hole in his garden wall, following the voice of his dead mother, and discovers a world completely unlike his own -- but strangely familiar... Read full review