Book source ~ Purchased on Audible
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan ~ Author
Ari Fliakos ~ Narrator
9 October 2012
Fiction | Mystery
7 hrs 41 minutes
My Rating ~ 4 bites
Clay Jannon is a graphic
designer that gets downsized during a recession. After looking for a job in his
field for quite a while, he’s desperate, so he applies at a 24-Hr bookstore
that’s got a Help Wanted sign in the window. And he gets the job. But it’s one
weird job and he’s determined to figure out what is going on in this strange
bookstore run by old man Penumbra.
Overall I enjoyed this
strange tale of a 24-hr bookstore with weird clients. There’s a mystery here
and Jannon finally gets curious enough to try to figure it out. That’s when
things really take off, storywise. The ending, for me, is a bit of a letdown,
but I have to say that it’s a great ride for most of the book. The characters
are awesome, the writing is decent, and the plot is intriguing. I also really
enjoyed the narration.
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