
The Book of Lost Things
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Narrated by:
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Steven Crossley
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By:
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John Connolly
With echoes of Gregory Maguire's and C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, author John Connolly introduces us to a cast of not-quite-familiar characters - like the seven socialist dwarfs who poison an uninvited (and unpleasant) princess and try to peg the crime on her stepmother. Or the Loups, the evil human-canine hybrids spawned long ago by the union of a wolf and a seductive girl in a red cloak.
As war rages across Europe, David is violently propelled into a land that is both a construct of his imagination, yet frighteningly real - a strange reflection of his own world composed of myths and stories, populated by wolves and worse-than-wolves, and ruled over by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a legendary book...The Book of Lost Things.
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Kept me listening.
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Highly recommended, although more so for mature readers (and listeners) - there is violence, and sadness, and loss... much loss. Yet it is a story both touching and ever so sweet...
Brilliantly written and narrated, thank you so much to Mr. Connolly and Mr. Crossley!
Chilling... and Utterly Brilliant
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Absolutely a joy!
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Not for the faint of heart
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not all happily ever after but a look into the other side of them
get lost in the imagination
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Offbeat fairy tale
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A Dark, Memorable Fairytale
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The short stories add a lot to the atmosphere and tone but most arnt very interesting. It's kinda like hearing the same stories you grew up with but given a darker edge to it. It's kinda boring and not very creative when it feels so same-same to what we already heard. Sometimes it feels a bit of a stretch though and makes changes for shock factor so consistently that it's gets kind of numbing. My favorite reinterpretation though was of Snow White. I found when her short story got brought up to be super funny in a dark way. My least favorite would have to be of Red Riding Hood, The huntress and Hansel/Gretel. I didn't like their plots because it felt kinda plugged in and unnatural. For example Hansel/Gretel is plugged in probably in the weirdest way. Essentially kid is hungry and tries to eat some found chocolate and then is stopped, told the story of Hansel/Gretel, and then the plot moves on. That's a weird way to tell someone not to eat something and felt overstuffed.
The overarching plot also is grim, slow and boring. It takes forever for anything to really happen that when the main plot gets going I just sorta glaze over and wait for the next short story to break up the monotony. It sometimes feel so dark and grim that it gets somewhat numbing. When so much darkness is going on its hard to be consistently shocked
The writing was super beautiful and was descriptive enough to make the world feel alive. Despite the boring plot I just kept wanting to finish this still because the world building elements were still super fun. I appreciate the recnogizable themes with the plot but overall wish something more creative could have been done with it to really make the best use out of such a cool world.
The main character is a child which is normally something I'd avoid like the plague. But he's super cute. The situations he gets involved in though are traumatizing and i found his consistent innocence to be a bit unrealistic. He doesn't often react in a recognizable way that i believe a actual human child would react. He feels like a well realizes character though with his overall innocence but the lack of flexibility on that makes him feel like more of a character to move the plot then someone that is living and breathing. At least he wasn't annoying too, that's a huge plus, it's oh most easy to ignore him completly and just let him take you from one short story/plot device to the next.
I dont know the kind of people I'd recommend this book to. I feel like there's better stuff out there to make a more efficient use of your time.
Beautifully atmospheric but slow and boring
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gruesome adult fairytale
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Delightful
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