“The best place to enjoy a stormy night is in a warm room with a book in your lap.” 

Cassie Andrews i Izzy Cattaneo vode sasvim običan život u New Yorku – sve dok u knjižari u kojoj Cassie radi ne premine gospodin Webber, jedan od njezinih najdražih kupaca. Iza sebe ostavlja tajanstvenu knjigu s posvetom: “Ovo je knjiga vrata. Drži je u ruci i bilo koja vrata su svaka vrata.” Od tog trenutka, Cassie i Izzy kreću na nevjerojatna putovanja svijetom, ne sluteći kakve ih opasnosti i čuda čekaju. 

Knjiga tisuću vrata je čarobna knjiga o čarobnim knjigama – atmosferom me podsjetila na neke od mojih najdražih naslova poput Noćnog cirkusa, Babela i Nevidljivog života Addie LaRue. Privukla me naslovnicom i intrigantnim opisom, a zadržala me predivnim stilom pisanja, originalnom pričom i likovima koje sam zavoljela od prve stranice.  

Cassie, Izzy, Drummond, Lund, gospodin Webber… svi su oni likovi koje sam zavoljela od prve stranice, za koje sam navijala i uz koje bih stala kakve god odluke donijeli. 

Brza, uzbudljiva, emotivna – ova knjiga me potpuno uvukla u svoj svijet. Više od 400 stranica proletjelo je u trenu, a ideja o knjigama koje imaju posebne moći ostavila me sanjareći: koju bih ja knjigu odabrala, kad bih mogla birati? 

Knjiga tisuću vrata je priča o prijateljstvu, odanosti, moći i odgovornosti, o putovanju kroz vrijeme i posljedicama naših izbora. Čini mi se da je na našem tržištu prošla pomalo ispod radara, ali to ne bi smjelo tako ostati – ljubitelji fantasyja i putovanja kroz vrijeme trebali bi joj svakako dati priliku! 

“I’ve read it before, but as I get older, I find comfort in rereading favorites. It’s like spending time with old friends.” 

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“Happiness is not something you sit and wait for. You have to choose it and pursue it in spite of everything else. It’s not going to be given to you.” 

The Book of Doors – Gareth Brown 

Cassie Andrews and Izzy Cattaneo lead a completely ordinary life in New York City – until Mr. Webber, one of Cassie’s favourite customers, passes away at the bookstore where she works. He leaves behind a mysterious book with the inscription: “This is the Book of Doors. Hold it in your hand, and any door is every door.” From that moment on, Cassie and Izzy embark on incredible journeys around the world, unaware of the dangers and wonders that await them.  

The Book of Doors is a magical book about magical books – its atmosphere reminded me of some of my favourite titles like The Night Circus, Babel and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. It drew me in with its cover and intriguing description, and kept me with its wonderful writing style, original story and characters that I loved from the first page.  

Cassie, Izzy, Drummond, Lund, Mr. Webber… all of them are characters that I loved from the first page, that I cheered for and that I would stand by no matter what decisions they made.  

Fast-paced, exciting, emotional – this book completely sucked me into its world. More than 400 pages flew by in a flash, and the idea of books with special powers left me daydreaming: which book would I choose, if given a choice?  

The Book of Doors is a story about friendship, loyalty, power and responsibility, about time travel and the consequences of our choices. Fans of fantasy and time-travel should definitely give it a chance.   

“Don’t waste your life hidden away in your own mind. Make the most of the time you have, otherwise before you know it, you’ll have no time left.”