The fairytale style of writing makes this an easy book to get through in no time at all. Many well known characters are also dotted through the book to bring a new look at what their stories may have been when put into The Crooked Man’s world. There are plenty of gory moments with a healthy mixture of heroes, villains, and unknown creatures who lurk in the forest. The author brings the whole enchanted forest, with a variety of untrustworthy characters to life in a coming of age story. David tries to find a way to escape the unwanted new life his father has made for them, but events soon make it clear that the book is much darker than expected.ĭavid finds himself stuck in a world where The Crooked Man resides, and on a quest to find The Book Of Lost Things. He is an unhappy child after his mother died and he struggles to settle into a life without her. The Book of Lost Things begins in the style of a young adult book, bringing the reader into David’s world as he hears his books talking to him.
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