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Definitely not one of Maguire's best. I had high expectations after reading his other books, and was absolutely let down. First of all, the story has too much of everything: a tormented writer, romance gone wrong, paranoia, ghosts, Jack the Ripper, 14th century history, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Scrooge, so on and so on. The story wanders all over the place and doesn't quite deliver much of anything after all the wandering. Second of all, I wanted to punch out the protagonist. She is a simpering AND caustic, whiny little ninny. She apparently tried to adopt a child and the child died before she could get there. And that is the big tragedy that torments and nearly destroys her. I have two children, and yes, it is a horrible tragedy when any child dies, but I don't get the connection here. The death of the child doesn't seem to me an appropriate reason for the emotional torture she puts herself through (it nearly kills her). She seems to be tormented because she likes being miserable.

Anyway, I would recommend that people skip this book, and read his other fabulous stories: Wicked, Son of a Witch, Mirror Mirror, The Ugly Stepsister. If you must read Lost, please read it after you read the other books. Lost is not a good representation of what Maguire can deliver to a reader.