A review by jessamine864
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This is a fun, fast paced book set within an ever shifting alternative London and UK where the creatures of folklore, myth and legend are policed by "the booksellers". The story follows a girl Susan come London to find her father and her quest gets mixed up with that of the booksellers. It's whimsical and funny and was fun to read. Perhaps parts of the storyline could have been more fleshed out or explained, it did at times feel like the author just threw every British mythological thing at it and made modern art with the mess 😅, but it was also fun to recognise certain creatures and objects in it all. I read this in audio book style and it's the first audio book I've listened to. It had pleasant voices to listen to and not read too fast which was good. 
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