The Mesmerist

I also read the book. It started off a little slowly and the writers simplistic style made it at first a little difficult to read. But persist! I quickly got used to the style of writing and soon became engrossed in the excellent storyline. The characters are colourful and interesting and there are many twists and turns throughout the book that shock and suprise. I found it one of those books that I couldn't put down as I always wanted to know what happened next......

I didn't read it whilst crossing the road but it did eat into my sleeping time!

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When I tell people I work in a library, they often ask me if I "read books all day". Rather than replying "If I worked in a restaurant would I eat dinner all day?" I tend to start explaining what busy, buzzing places libraries are these days and how, between author events, computer sessions, baby rhyme times, homework clubs and helping all those customers find the books and information they need, it's as much as I can do to get all those lovely new books on to the shelves, let alone read any of them!

Happily for me, though, I do manage to splice some reading into my day- I travel to work by train and use that time to escape into a book. The problem I had with The Mesmerist was I found myself unwilling to return to reality when I arrived at the station and would be trying to negotiate the rush-hour escalator scrum with my eyes still on the page. One one occasion I only avoided getting run over on Charing Cross Road because I happened to reach the end of a chapter in the nick of time. So be warned- it's a gripping yarn, please do not operate machinery while reading this book.