His bleak looking future improves a bit once a small child is found abandoned in his bookshop. Hope is non-existent in his world which makes his tale more depressing to me than anything else. He is a widower who owns a fledgling bookshop and drinks himself unconscious far too often. His life has proved to have its fair share of difficulties. Some would say he's a very realistic one and easy to identify with. This is to say that I hated the book, but also found it compelling enough a storyline to read until the bitter end.Ī.J. I wasn't in more than three chapters when I knew I wanted to finish the book up quickly so that I could tuck it behind me in my 'read in 2015' pile instead of carrying it with me, unread, into the new year. Fikry showed up under the Christmas tree this year (as I had put it on my wish list) and I eagerly dove into it the day after. the opportunity to make his life over, the ability to see everything more.' It's a small package, though large in weight - an unexpected arrival that gives A.J. 'And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore. As if that's not enough, the concluding sentences on the jacket description read as follows: That description, along with the cover art and title, are enough to attract any book lover to the story. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen.' Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. It immediately captured my attention and a quick perusal of the back cover description made me even more interested. Late last summer I saw a copy of The Storied Life of A. Chronicles of Narnia Reading Challenge (74).

The storied life of aj fikry review