gabyreadsalot 's review for:

Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
2.0

Maybe I was a LIL harsh with that one star rating, so we’ll bring it to two but don’t put ideas in your head that I’m a reasonable level headed person because you got me all wrong buddy.

Days after finishing this book, all I can think about is how did this book get pitched? Like did Fowley-Doyle go up and be like “hey I want to write a book about these girls who lose some shit but there’s this book that like can bring specific shit back but there parents are also involved... but wait everyone’s losing shit it’s just a shit storm but no one knows why??”, and the book agent is like “OK, whatever just get out of my office.”, and that’s how this travesty of a book made its way into my lap.

OK, maybe that’s an overstatement, but for all the whimsical-ness this book could’ve possessed its ridiculous how boring and mundane it is. Like it could’ve genuinely been this creepy book that made you shiver with its supernatural presence, and that’s unfortunately really NOT what happened. It was a bunch of boring info-dumpy conversations that made the plot 100x more confusing and stupidly dramatic and not going to lie, I kind of blanked out halfway through.

Also side note: my enjoyment was definitely infringed in the audiobook accents in this book. I love Scottish/Irish people but reading a book from an accent I can already barely understand was not that amazing. I’m aware this should’ve been something i knew beforehand, but just a little heads up if that’s something that may bother you!!

Bottom line: a low rating for a low amount of supernatural fun
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if you want a book with one dimensional characters, badly explained magic, overall lack of intensity and some disappointment oh do I have a book for you! // review to come