Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore

This summer, I read the book Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour bookstore. The setting starts in San Francisco in Mr. Penumbra’s bookstore when the main character Clay walks in because he is need of a job. The author of this book, Robin Sloan did a very good job describing the setting for example,” The reading room stretches out before us, long and low. The ceiling is crisscrossed with heavy wooden beams.”(Sloan 144). As the book continued the plot became more visible because of the authors choice of words. While Clay was in the Bookstore, on his night shift, he meets many interesting customers who came in odd hours of the night. The customers are almost all members of the Unbroken Spine but, he doesn’t figure that out until Mr. Penumbra tells him. The Unbroken spine is a group of people who read books from the back of Mr. Penumbra’s bookstore, but these are not normal books, they are encrypted books. The Unbroken Spine believes that once they crack the code they will find out amazing things and might find out how to live forever. In conclusion, I would rate this book a 9.5 out of ten because of the interesting plot, detailed imagery, and dynamic characters.



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