The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

Sorry to go against the grain but I did not like this book all that much. I found the format to be more annoying than astounding and felt like sometimes the marginalia was there to bolster the story because the author could not find a way to make it work in the actual narrative.

Granted, obviously multitudes of people have loved this book and I think Mr. Larsen does have talent as can be evidenced in his conversations with “Valero” and other portions in the latter part of the book. But overall I can say I read it but I can't say I'm happy about it.