High in his attic bedroom, twelveyearold david mourns the death of his mother. Here you can find handpicked readalike recommendations for more than 4000 contemporary books and 3000 authors. Memorabilia the keeper of lost things is a delightful easyread book with a unique story that is entertaining and highly enjoyable. There are some adult themes, gruesome scenes, and connelly creates a fairy tale world that is both imaginative and horrifying. I often think about bits and pieces of it and find other books arent really giving me the same heaviness this one did. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. However, they are threatened by loups, creatures that are half wolf, half man.
The unique theme focuses on a very intriguing obsession of hoarding lost objects not in a manner similar to museum of innocence, which was for personal indulgence, but in the hope that the items could be reunited. When a world war ii bomber plane crashes into his garden, he finds himself transported into the fantasy world of his books. High in his attic bedroom, twelveyearold david mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. Books similar to the book of lost things goodreads. The book follows david, a twelveyearold boy who struggles with his mothers death and his fathers remarriage to a woman named rose, with whom he has a baby named georgie. Use the alphabetical lists below to look up a favorite book or author and then click see readalikes to discover similar books.
Find books like the book of lost things from the worlds largest community of readers. Ive thoroughly enjoyed these books, but i hesitate. Its funny you mention books like lost, however, because ive recently finished reading the first two of alastair reynoldss revelation space books, revelation space and chasm city, and only 20 pages into the first book i told my wife, this is the most like lost of any book ive ever read. The woodsman tells david that the king of the land has a magical book, the book of lost things, and that the answers to davids questions might be found in that book. David also loves books and can sometimes hear them whispering to him. David a boy of twelve, who loves books and stories.
The thing is a large, freakish creature but noone else really notices itits simply not a part of their. The writer has an immensely engaging writing style, one very similar to the way fairy. However, what i love the most about this book is the way. Books similar to the lost thing meet your next favorite book.
In bed he lies and listens to the volumes on roses shelves. David is a great lover of books and stories, a passion inherited from his mother. David and the woodsman are trapped at a bridge guarded by trolls, and david has to destroy the bridge, leaving the woodsman on the other side. The inspiration from this story is drawn primarily from aesops fables which, to be honest, i am not too familiar with. Goodreads members who liked the book of lost things also liked. John connollys the book of lost things the guardian. I love this book and im so glad a friend told me about it. Here we recommend you two books for further reading, one book that will fit right in with the yatheme and another that is supposedly for grown. Its been several months since i read this book but its still sitting with me. Similar books to john connollys the book of lost things. He also likes to boast about his acting skills, his wifes acting skills, a fortune only his family knows is. The book of lost things is a fairy tale for grown ups. An innovative, twoinone picture book follows a parallel day in the life of two families.
Can anyone who has read it recommended something similar. The book of lost things is a fantasy novel by john connolly. He is angry and alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. A kid finds a lost thing on the beach where hes scavenging for his bottletop collection. The moose came to him a while ago and he knew, just knew, that it was meant to be his. Goodreads members who liked the book of lost thing. Other critics had similar views of the novel as possessing unrealistic conventions and disturbing. If you like the book of lost things you might like similar books the gates, the stolen child, the ninth life of louis drax, the string diaries, of bees and mist. Similar books like the book of lost things tastedive.
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