Book 206: Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore

I feel underwhelmed by this book.

Like any good book lover I love a good book about books. Maybe my expectations for this book about books were a bit too high, maybe I hyped it too much to myself. Regardless, for me it fell a bit flat.

There seems to be some element of whimsy left untold, a feeling that's been left unfelt. The main character was easy to map myself on but because of this seemed to lack dimension in one manner or another.

It was all to predictable. I also didn't enjoy the use of tech or google in the book. It was too showy for solving a mystery with; especially a mystery involving books.

I give it a 5 out of 10. Im not necessarily upset that I spent a time reading this book or spent money on it, but in all likelihood this will be the only time that I read or review it.

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