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THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS is about a boy, David, who loses his mother and very quickly gains a stepmother and half-brother. Full of anger and hurt, he turns to books and fairy tales, a love passed on by his mother. But when reality and fantasy mix, David must battle evil beings to find his way back home. Will he find the truth in all the stories or give in to the fantasy he's been drawn into?
This book was one fairy tale after another. In a good way. Dark, twisted fairy tales, a la Grimm and based ...more
This book was one fairy tale after another. In a good way. Dark, twisted fairy tales, a la Grimm and based ...more
I really enjoyed this book. It is dark and twisted (as in twisted faery tales) and it vears ever so close to things I don't want to read about but it never actually goes there (specifics in child abduction). I thought it was well written and very interesting. I loved the main character and his growth. Highly recommend - it is a twisted so you have been warned... (my fav was the sleeping beauty twist - so intersting!)
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This is a dark book about a boy adjusting to the loss of his mother. They shared a love for reading, particularly fairy tale stories. After her death (and his father's remarriage and the birth of a young brother), David hears the books start to talk to him. Soon, he is drawn into a mysterious world full of wolves, dwarves, kings, and other fairy tale characters. The characters he encounters (and the stories he is told along the way) are all darker versions of traditional tales.
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This book is an extremely dark and lovely take on fairy tales, written in a deceptively simple and beguiling style. The child, David, loses his mother to illness, and books are almost his only solace. He tumbles into another world, and there he meets figures from the tales he has read, but reconfigured.
This truly is one of the most thought-provoking and striking books I've read in a while. I also appreciated Connolly's inclusion of notes on the tales he refashioned - it was fascinating to read ...more
This truly is one of the most thought-provoking and striking books I've read in a while. I also appreciated Connolly's inclusion of notes on the tales he refashioned - it was fascinating to read ...more
I luved this book! I usually like a re-told fairy tale anyway, but this was definately one of the best stories I've read this year. Only my second read of the author, but I certainly see more John COnnolly works in my future reading; In fact, I alread have Every Dead Thing on my TBR shelf.
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Very dark book with lots of fairy tale, folk tale variances. Just so-so. Could have been a lot better.
Excellent! A very good young adult novel [i *love* young adult fiction]
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