the book of lost things review

High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a world that is a strange reflection of his own -- populated by heroes and monsters and ruled by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book, The Book of Lost Things.

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The Book of Lost Things was very promising, but I found that I didn't like it very much.
The struggle that David faces when his mother dies was heartbreaking, but I didn't find the rest of the book held my attention for very long. 

The characters lack the depth and feeling that normally draw me into a story. However, I did enjoy how the book incorporated fairy tales and folklore into the plot. 


I gave this book 2 out of 5 stars on Goodreads