The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Rating: 4-Would recommend it to everyone

PLOT:

'Once upon a time, there was a boy who lost his mother !'As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother, he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend. That is when bad things start to happen. That is when the Crooked Man comes. And David is violently propelled into a land populated by heroes, wolves and monsters, his quest to find the legendary Book of Lost Things.

As of now, it is evident that I'm so into fairytale re-tellings, and this novel is another creepy version of all of them magical characters combined, so it is not something new. It started out how David is coping with changes as his mother died and he has a new step-brother whom he hates.

However this is one dark tale, when David began to meet many different creatures ( in which most are either depressed or psychotic) and such. It's not the best but the book is still a must read anyway, watch out for the later part of the novel, this is where the best parts are *winks*