Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Posted on August 19, 2013 in Books
This was a really, really good novel.
I gave it five stars on GoodReads. That’s a rare for me; it’s only the fourth out of 49 books I’ve done that for in this year so far. I usually give five stars to books that I really want to reread or own, but this is not one that I necessarily feel for that yet. I do feel that it touched me in a strange way. Maybe it was the timing. More so, it was the use of so many things I like or could relate to: books, friendship, being a twentysomething in this age, and more.
This is a book for people who love books. It’s a novel that celebrates the beauty of books, and those who create and interact with them. It’s about books as knowledge through time. It’s about humanity’s relationship with knowledge, creativity, growth, and immortality. It’s not a non-fiction or philosophical book. It’s a novel with these features.
It’s a rather simple and short novel too. It isn’t written in any fancy way, and the prose is not literary or extraordinary beautiful. It’s rather cheeky actually, but it has heart. It’s a bibliophile’s kind of novel.
A lovely read.
Read August 17th 2013.
Glad to hear such a raving reviewing of this book. It has been on my To-Read list on GR forever.
Hi Andi! I hope you like it. It was just one of those novels that was just very nice. If you love books, you’ll enjoy it too. Cheers!
I absolutely loved this book and am so glad others are starting to read it now too!
Hi Geoff! Yes, I saw your rating of it on GR too. I’m hoping more book lovers like us discover it. Cheers!
Hi Athena, I worked in bookstores for many years when young so I think I would like this one! Thanks for the good review. cheers. http://www.thecuecard.com/
Hi Susan! If you like the new contemporary literary books, you’ll like this one as well. I hope you enjoy it. Have a good week!