ENG (03/19/08) Post B

ENG (03/19/08) Post B

About the Book, The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

I loved this book. The author John Connolly's imagination and creativeness used throughout this book is amazing. The descriptions are so emotional and also very physical that it makes the readers to think that they are actually standing by the characters, covered with the invisible blanket. It is also quite amazing though, that the protagonist is a young boy, and he is the one who is to create all of his imagination.
I wonder if this was the author's childhood, for most of the authors usually depict their childhood, which they enjoyed and never could ever forget. This book, reminded me of my childhood as well, which I think was full of adventures and secrets, makes me want to go back to the old days. The apartments, but back of the apartments, playing with friends at the dark, and treaure hunts, hiding letters and things, exploring the forest and hills back of the houses... all these things excites me even now.
The age of innocence. When it breaks you feel like you have opened your eyes from the age of darkenss. I strongly felt that way, when I started to talk more deeply about learning and social relationships with the outside world. May be I longer had time for myself to reflect back upon the freedom and amazement I had or never thought of making exploration of something. Well, I still want to go back to my childhood, experiencing a lot of things.
This is a very personal relationship that I make with this book. Something I share witht he character and the author. I have never met a book that had deeply touched me in a way to make me feel sympathy. I am glad to read this book, as well as to analyze it, and I definitely recommend this book to other friends who had not yet read this book.