By Chris Delaney | Friday, August 08, 2014 -Off the Shelf
Though I spent multiple summer nights as a teenager trying to enjoy reading The Lord of the Rings, it just wasn’t for me. (I don’t need to know the name of every hill, Mr. Tolkien!) As far as fantasy fiction was concerned, my interest had pretty much peaked with—and been satisfied by—Harry Potter. That is, until I picked up a copy of John Connolly’s The Book of Lost Things and couldn’t put it down. Set against the background of England during World War II, the story is written in the style of many classic fairy tales.
The main character, David, moves into an unfamiliar old house with his father and new stepmother, Rose, not long after the death of his mother. David is very uncomfortable in this new house, and as he struggles to adapt to Rose and the prospect of his soon-to-be half-brother Georgie, he begins to suffer from terrible visions of an unfamiliar world. The only place where he finds solace is in the books on his shelf. - More
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