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 - ViragoReads - LibraryThing

This was a re-read and I had definitely forgotten just how dark this boom was! The story follows young David who is struggling with the loss of his mother. There is a war on, and David's father has ... Read full review

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User Review - bhiggs - LibraryThing

Like 'The Starless Sea' but better. Good character development. A story of fairy tales, horror, and adventure. Grief, loss, trust, betrayal, and love. I wasn't 100% sold for the first few chapters ... Read full review

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User Review - CarrieWuj - LibraryThing

A fairy tale for adults along the lines of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Definitely some Grimm influence here - you'll recognize shades of the tales - and echoes of Narnia. David is a young boy when his ... Read full review

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User Review - elam11 - LibraryThing

4.5. Awesome, but minus half a star because David seemed to lack genre savvy for someone wrapped in books and fairy tales. (Probably one could infer a relationship between childish impetuousness and ... 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 - courtneygiraldo - LibraryThing

If Neil Gaiman wrote a dark version of Narnia with a dash of The Wizard of Oz- this would be it. Twelve year old David is still mourning the loss of this mother, and adjusting (not so well really) to ... Read full review

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User Review - Headinherbooks_27 - LibraryThing

Dark yet enchanting at the same time. A fun cross between Grimm's fairy tales, Pan's Labyrinth, and Neverwhere. I liked the acknowledgment in the end that "life is filled with great grief as well as ... Read full review

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User Review - WhiskeyintheJar - LibraryThing

"They say that the king has a book, a Book of Lost Things." I read this for the Magical Realism Halloween Bingo square. I'm 80% sure I've read this before but for some reason I can't specifically ... Read full review

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User Review - carlahaunted - LibraryThing

One of my favorite books now. It's that enthralling and special and moving! I am almost tempted to close it, reopen it at the beginning, and immediately re-read it. Almost...but I'd rather make my husband read it instead. Read full review