The Book of Lost Things

By: John Connolly

Narrated by: Nick Rawlinson

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, and begins his quest to find the legendary Book of Lost Things.

©2006 John Connolly (P)2007 ISIS Publishing Ltd

brilliant and scarry

This is one of those books that's hard to put down. I believe this is not the last time I will read it.

Strangely good.

I really did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. It gave all my favourite childhood stories a new and interesting twist.

A slow start but I soon got sucked in

it certainly takes a bit to get going, but once it does and you get sucked in it's a hell of a ride. I loved the performance I'm sad he's not reading the Land of Lost Things but I'm hopeful that Lucy will do that justice too

Best narrator ever!

I enjoyed this book from the very first page. The narrator is so talented, I was completely immersed by the story. Highly recommended!

beautiful book

amazing narration. tremendous tale filled with important morals. highly recommend it. thank you author & narrator

To all Book lovers ❤️

The book overall was amazing from start to finish. Great narrator as Nick Rawlinson gives a powerful performance for each of the characters and the overall progression of the story. The story itself had an interesting premise with a very unique twist as we get to know our protagonist through a hero's journey from his introduction to the unknown to his return as a changed man. The supporting cast was amazing along with a great villain. This is a must for the bookaholics and the lovers of fictions, satisfying to the end. 😉😄

wonderful!

the narrator is superb! the story amazing! I think this will be one of my new all time favorites. Don't be deceived, this is not story for children

Good-ish narrator. God awful everything else.

The narrator just read very slowly. Otherwise he did a great job, doing different voices, etc.

Tho I have no Idea why this book was highly rated. It reads like some underpaid and unmotivated ghostwriter got tasked with writing a fantasy book for children and have it done in a month.
Then, upon completion, the ghostwriter is told: "By the way, can sprinkle some blood and gore in there for shock value? Thanks."

Do you think that books that end with "and then he woke up and it turned out that everything was a dream" are lazy and deserve nothing but being shamed, then don't read this. It's hinted from the start that the MC is delusional, hearing voices, etc. So this really isn't much of a spoiler. It's more of a warning that the book ends as badly as one might fear from the start.

I got invested in zero of the characters. It feels like very little of what happens in the book matters to the rest of the book. It's all just a collection of tropes done badly.

Nothing about the book made me feel something. No jokes, I there were any, were funny. No deaths were sad. Things just happened and I couldn't care less.

It might have been a okay but forgettable children's book, but it's not even that, due to the bloody scenes.

I'd recommend this atrocity to no one. Stay away. It's just a waste of time.