The Book of Lost Things: A Novel

To be perfectly honest, part of the reason I love this book so much is because I read it in highschool and really loved it then. Upon re-reading it a few months ago, I noticed a few things that bothered me that didn't the first time, but they were few and nothing so problematic that it dampened the experience for me. The main big thing is a death that upset me the first time, as it's supposed to, but now I understand why the death of that particular character added to a harmful trope that exists throughout all kinds of media. I won't really go into it, since it's a spoiler, but it just makes me sigh.

This book toes the line of being unneccisarily edgy, since it's a dark fairytale story, but I just think that the story does a good job of explaining why things are the way they are in a very clever way. I really enjoy the tone of the story, and I enjoy watching the protagonist, a boy named David, grow and evolve.

I'm 100% biased towards this book though, do don't take my word for it.

OMG a new favorite and the audiobook narrator was AMAZING

The Book of Lost Things is thoroughly enjoyable. No huge surprises, but interesting characters and new spins on old tales. Enjoyable!

Part coming of age story, part childhood nightmare turned fantasy story, this book follows David into his dream and his worst nightmare. David is resentful of his baby half brother, who came along before David had fully grieved his mother's loss. SO, of course he's resentful. What he does with this resentment in the shadowy land he enters one night shows his true character. Adventures and horrors await him at every turn.