Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel

It's about books. That's it. The only good thing about this novel.

It's a somewhat dated boyhood powerfantasy, with no stakes involved at any time, a bunch of one-dimensional characters that are written as if they were to be cut from overly sweet cookie dough and a naïve, cringe worthy obsession with big tech companies.

Well, that was a big pile of Meh. The plot was silly, the characters were dull, and mostly nothing made any sense to me. Motivation-wise, I mean. It wasn't horrible, and I did finish it, but it was a bit of a slog. Disappointing.