Well, we have finally finished listening to The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. We would give it a big thumbs-up, but we can't because most of us bears don't have thumbs, so we will just have to give it 5 stars instead!
It is a deliciously dark and humorous story of a pawnbroker who buys people's secrets. Written in a Dickensian-style, the story is populated with a motley group of characters with descriptive names like Gumroot the tooth surgeon. Each person in the village has their own dark secret to tell; secrets that include grave-robbing, accidental deaths and pies made with rats. And having confessed their secrets, what they get in return is the ability to sleep at night.
Although written for older children, this book deals with some adult themes like good and evil, redemption, and natural justice.
We found it hard to stop listening and Bev found her journeys to work passed much more enjoyably listening to this book.
A good read - don't miss it or we will send Tony the Chimp round to your house with a rat pie!
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