Speaking of action, another highlight of this book is the inventive unfolding and resolutions of conflicts. As someone who has never been to London (not for a lack of trying – thanks a lot, COVID-19), Nix’s generous dosage when setting the scene made it easy to understand the landscape and thus, allowed me to quickly become absorbed in the action occurring within it. They added texture to the narrative, giving me an effective sense of what the characters were interacting with and how they were navigating the environment. However, I wouldn’t say that I’d prefer the book without these descriptions entirely. I did think some sections were a tad too long and wordy and, on several occasions, found myself re-reading paragraphs once, twice, then thrice. In fact, paragraphs spanning half a page of pure description were common throughout the novel.
Nix dedicated quite a lot of words to expressing the rich landscape, people, and culture of London in 1983. So begins an intertwining adventure of two individuals seeking answers in a world of whimsical magic, secret agent booksellers, and creatures that lurk in the shadows.įor my first foray into Garth Nix’s storytelling, I was impressed by the world-building that tickled my love of alternate, fantastical realities. The culprit: a young wizard named Merlin St Jacques on a quest of his own to uncover the truth of his mother’s death. Before she can unearth any answers about her paternal ancestry though, a prick of a silver hatpin turns her first suspect into dust.
Garth Nix’s The Left-Handed Booksellers of London follows art student Susan Arkshaw on a quest to London to search for a man she’s never met: her father. Garth Nix: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
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