Kris's review
The Book of Lost Things
by John Connolly
We actually put the book in adult fiction at my library.
I read this book recently and really enjoyed it. I have it down as general adult fiction and that's how my public library shelves it also. At Goodreads, nobody seems to have it on a ya shelf. I don't consider this book ya, although I think that I could have enjoyed it from 12 on up.
I couldn't imagine reading this as a bedtime story to any of my kids. It would have kept them up all night! I definately find it interesting, but scary from a 6-12 year olds point of view. I bought this in the YA section of the bookstore, that's what made me think it was YA. But I'm glad you librarians are upgrading it.
I must really like it cause I am going to bed earlier than usual just to make more time to read! I can't wait to see what happens to David. The results of good writing, I suppose.
Kris's review
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Kris's review
rating:
bookshelves:
ya-books
recommended for: Anyone with an imagination and a morbid sense of adventure.
A young boy loses his mother to illness and his father remarries and has a new child. All difficult things for a child to deal with that had a wonderful and loving childhood and terribly misses his mother. He wakes up one night to hear his mother calling to him from the distance. He follows her voice to a crack in the garden wall to be lead into another world, completely different than what he is used to.
The adventure begins with a Woodsman for a guide and protector from the wild animals that are chasing him in this new world.
Full of cruelty, violence, sadness and gore, I quite often questioned whether I wanted to continue reading this book. After all, I do most of my reading on my lunch hour while I am eating lunch, and this book is kind of gross! But, I stuck with it and found that the farther David got on his adventure to save the kingdom, the harder it was to put this down. It is a mixture of a new fantasy story and several Brothers' Grimm tales tucked in throughout.
Ini...more
The adventure begins with a Woodsman for a guide and protector from the wild animals that are chasing him in this new world.
Full of cruelty, violence, sadness and gore, I quite often questioned whether I wanted to continue reading this book. After all, I do most of my reading on my lunch hour while I am eating lunch, and this book is kind of gross! But, I stuck with it and found that the farther David got on his adventure to save the kingdom, the harder it was to put this down. It is a mixture of a new fantasy story and several Brothers' Grimm tales tucked in throughout.
Ini...more
We actually put the book in adult fiction at my library.
I read this book recently and really enjoyed it. I have it down as general adult fiction and that's how my public library shelves it also. At Goodreads, nobody seems to have it on a ya shelf. I don't consider this book ya, although I think that I could have enjoyed it from 12 on up.
I couldn't imagine reading this as a bedtime story to any of my kids. It would have kept them up all night! I definately find it interesting, but scary from a 6-12 year olds point of view. I bought this in the YA section of the bookstore, that's what made me think it was YA. But I'm glad you librarians are upgrading it.
I must really like it cause I am going to bed earlier than usual just to make more time to read! I can't wait to see what happens to David. The results of good writing, I suppose.