I had been curious about this book since I first saw it in the Barnes and Noble Discover New Writer's display. The premise of a mysterious bookstore with secretive clientele and obscure books was too fascinating to ignore. While the book was not exactly what I imagined it was, I did enjoy it in the end. 
 The book is essentially about the battle between traditional books and ebooks, between traditional ways of obtaining knowledge and a modern society where we don't need to memorize anything because all of life's answers are just a tap on the screen and search engine away. 
 Even as I enjoyed the book and understood the premise, I'm not sure fully grasped the plot. The characters seemed less important to the plot as it progressed. It left a lot of questions unanswered in the end. Like I said it brings up some interesting concepts about ebooks and traditional print books and how they will coexist, if they do, alongside each other in the future. 
 And as some of my friends have pointed out, it also felt like a love letter to Google.