Left-Handed Booksellers of London

Just compelling enough to finish, but not a very memorable story. Colourful, a pleasant kind of weird, and occasionally funny. Don't look for a strong plot though, or a surprising twist. This book shows glimpses of a universe that potentially brings forth many sequels - that I'm probably not going to read. Although one day I might wonder about those sinister booksellers of Bath, who knows.

Entertainingly dashed together fantasy-myth-police-thriller, clever enough.

This was fine! I read it! I was an 80s teen/young adult and I used to live in London, so I enjoyed those parts of the scene. But this didn’t grab me and I’m not sure why. Too many characters? Not enough time with Merlin? And this is niche, but: the bookseller idea is fun—I’m all in favor of thinking about booksellers as long-living mystical families—but it wasn’t integrated into the story. They could have been clock repairers and that might have made more sense.