A review by raynecloudd
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

I really didn’t enjoy this book. I didn’t expect as many fantasy and new dark-magic elements of the story as the ones introduced towards the end of it. The first half felt like a story about the protagonist and their average life in a cool bookstore, and the second half was all about this secret society we really had no introduction to until near the end. I never felt particularly caught up in the story.