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A review by onekat
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
3.0
It was alright. The start of the book was quite captivating and magical, and as the book went on the world building was done really well. The book struggled with character development and honestly, chemistry. I felt none between the characters, and I don't mean romantic chemistry, because there was basically none of that (as expected), but just general chemistry between the characters was lacking.
This book is essentially about a secret magical world within our normal world. Which is the type of magical world I like. Think The Magicians or Harry Potter but with less Fillory and Hogwarts and more London. Our protagonist, Susan, travels to London, discovers magic, finds out she's important in the magic world, has people chases her, etc, etc. Very Harry Potter but not Harry Potter.
It was okay. I think it would make a good movie. Not as big as Harry Potter, but maybe as big as City of Bones? Though I liked City of Bones better.
Anyway, it's a good book, and other people might really like it. It's just not up there for me.
This book is essentially about a secret magical world within our normal world. Which is the type of magical world I like. Think The Magicians or Harry Potter but with less Fillory and Hogwarts and more London. Our protagonist, Susan, travels to London, discovers magic, finds out she's important in the magic world, has people chases her, etc, etc. Very Harry Potter but not Harry Potter.
It was okay. I think it would make a good movie. Not as big as Harry Potter, but maybe as big as City of Bones? Though I liked City of Bones better.
Anyway, it's a good book, and other people might really like it. It's just not up there for me.