The Left-Handed Booksellers of London

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But there are… entities… who can help unravel the past or look toward the future, give clues to help work out what went on.

But at the half-way point, there’s a dramatic turn in the plot, and the rest of the book kept me turning pages late into the night. On top of that the main character, Susan, is treated like a 5-year-old who needs to be led around by the hand without being told anything.I have to admit that for some time I thought that this was not really a book for me, that I was not the intended audience and that it was meant for younger readers. I couldn't help thinking of him as Merlin the magician from the King Arthur legends and that didn't help as in this book he's supposed to be young and good looking (my mental picture is an old man with a long white beard :/ ). So the first half of the book is Susan being dragged everywhere and things happening to her and no real explanation of anything.

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London gets right into the action almost from the start - we're given an introductory prologue, but then we're up and running even from the first sentence of the first chapter, into a world of booksellers and the secrets they guard. And I know it's set in the 80s, but I kept forgetting until a few little historical or pop culture bits were mentioned, so YMMV on why that matters at all. Moreau, it is a time frame that resonates with me–Your tolerance for Boy George and the A to Z road atlas may vary. But was it pleasantly entertaining and perfectly fine for a few nights after a long day of work, like a nice cup of cocoa?Praise for LIRAEL: "What makes Lirael a delight is the magic that Nix brings to his story and to his characters. The two sides of the family (a very extended family) wear gloves on whatever hand is their dominant one, and they reminded me so much of the Clayr librarians that I kinda squeed and just kept on squeeing, because I LOVE Lirael. Aunque Susan era una buena protagonista, mi favorito fue la hermana de Merlín, empaticé mucho con ella. To access you ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose. Nix wastes no time getting to the action, throwing readers headlong into the splendid new world alongside the bewildered but determined heroine.

And here, in this shocking expose, we see Susan Arkshaw, a young woman who has come to London to try and find the father she has never met.

While Garth Nix’s novels are placed in children, teens and young adult categories, I have always considered him an author whose writing appeals to readers of fantasy of all ages. The story had potenial, it could've been a good book but I just found it very confusing at times, like there were pointless details and the world building kinda made no sense. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Other reviewers have brought up the excessive amount of ellipses that result in stilted and unnatural dialogue, and interrupt the flow of reading. But his focus on this strong character whose overriding passion is to go her own way provides a hugely satisfying background to the other Abhorsen books.