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Book Review of The Book of Lost Things

The Book of Lost Things
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I would call this book a fairy tale for grown ups. The concept is an "Alice Through the Looking Glass" type story with a male slant. David passes through a passage in the old family sunken garden wall and ends up in another world. The characters are much like characters he has heard of in old fairy tales, stories of castles, etc. but the outcome of each fairy tale is like a bad dream that just kind of warps into another bad dream. The characters are very interesting and the book is definitely a page turner.