The Keeper of Lost Things: the perfect uplifting read - winner of the Richard & Judy Readers' Award and Sunday Times bestseller

Despite all the good reviews I found some of the characters anoying, when I don't think that was the intention of the author. It was full of middle class clichés and I supposed I should have known what the book was like when I read it was a Richard & Judy choice. I was annoyed at her perpetrating middle class predjuces, such as the character who judged the difficult children who bullied her daughter as typical of being from single parent homes on benefits and whose aim in life was to get pregnant and get a council house. Has the author not come across similar bullying in private schools, I have? If you are a reader who likes twee reads, and a bit of swearing to make it feel modern, then this will suit you. I gave it two stars because it was a novel plot with one bit of humour and best of all the heroine had Downs Syndrome.

Middle class and safe. I bought it because of the consistent reviews but found it irritating from the get-go, with some quite annoying Daily Mail type notions.

You can safely ignore the 2 star reviews here which are so obviously written by the same person - I do wish they would explain why it"s wrong to write about 'middle class' people? This is a well thought out, well written book with an interesting ending (or should that be beginning? Reading the story will make more sense of that question!). It also encouraged me to investigate the music of Al Bowlly, which was a revelation in itself.