Bren (Breninithaca) reviewed on 6/3/2008 + 377 more book reviews

This is a beautiful book full of quotes that only a true bibliophile can appreciate. I loved this book right up until the last chapter. The ending was so lame it almost ruined the whole book for me. And I really don't understand why the author switched from such *prosy* language in the first part of the book to suddenly using *gutter* language in the second part - that kind of bothered me. And I truly was not expecting the book to NOT have a happy ending. Not to mention it was kind of a "stock" ending - call it a "Frodo Baggins/Lord of the Rings" ending - where after a long journey away from home that changes him greatly, the main character finally returns home only to find out that he no longer belongs there.
But even with the problems, there are parts of this book that will absolutely enrapture the true reader for the vivid descriptions of what books can come to mean to people.

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