The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly Reviews

I am a huge John Connolly fan, I was hooked from the first few pages of his first novel Every Dead Thing, and although this book wasn't part of the Charlie Parker series I wanted to read it. == Synopsis == Set during the war, the story follows David who is a young boy who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder, he is ...  Read the complete review

When I first read the blurb for The Book Of Lost Things while browsing for a new book in my local book store I thought I'd found a children's book lost in the adult section. However, I was very wrong, this maybe a fairy tale but it's a tale from a very dark place! The story follows a 12 year old boy called David who is mourning the ...  Read the complete review

When David's mother dies, David is convinced it is his fault: if he had only been better, more disciplined, more dedicated, he is sure he could have prevented her from dying. As it is, David is left alone with his Father, and then, when his Father remarries, he is forced to endure a step mother and a new baby brother as well. Preoccupied with ...  Read the complete review

Basic story... Set in 1939 during the war, The Book of Lost things is a tale about a boy called David who has lost his mother through a terminal illness. He now lives with his father and his new stepmother Rose, as well as his new half brother Georgie. David finds it hard to adjust to his new life in Rose's big old house, he resists ...  Read the complete review

While fairy tales and fables are the influence behind great swathes of modern fiction, there seems to be little recently published work which would be happy to be called such; in many ways, they seem to have gone out of fashion. In The Book of Lost Things, John Connolly both borrows heavily from the extensive realms of fairytaledom and attempts to ...  Read the complete review

I've seen a pattern in the things I read; it's clear I'm hanging on to my inner child, and still can't get enough fairy tales. The Book of Lost Things, however, is defiantly a fairy tale for adults, and is probably the darkest one I have ever read. Like a good many fairy tales, little David's story begins with a death, that of his ...  Read the complete review

Ok. Once again I have fallen completely in love with a book. I do this far too often, there are just so many excellent books out there for me to adore. This is just the latest in a long line of beloved books and rightfully so. The Book Of Lost Things by John Connolly is an incredibly well written and imaginative book. Basically it is the story of ...  Read the complete review

Okay, I'll keep this review short & sweet in order not to bore you with an essay! If, as a child you always wanted to escape to a fairytale world after immersing yourself in books and fairy stories you will love this book. John Connolly's The Book of Lost Things is a dark fairytale for adults that shows the transition from child to ...  Read the complete review