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The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
3.5

Overall a good not great book. This was a super unique plot and it was fun following the main character on his travels! It definitely got a big long in the middle, which made me have to put down the book a few times and read only a couple chapters at a time before my interest waned. The multiple fantasy stories within a story got confusing and hard to follow at times. Some of the stories were super gory and detailed, which was hard to stomach. There were a lot of characters involved, but the author did a good job distinguishing them from one another.

The ending was such a rollercoaster of happy and sad! I thought it was so sweet, but then everyone kept dying! I thought this was going to be a sweet and heartwarming story, so maybe those expectations changed my opinion on the book?