What is Un Lun Dun? It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting it’s hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book.
When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things go shockingly wrong.
Un Lun Dun plays the big ol’ boulder to my Sisyphus. Here’s the SparkNotes of the Sisyphus myth: King is stupid. King is punished. King must spend eternity shoving a boulder up a cliff only to see it fall back down. Rinse and repeat.
But anyways, I’ve tried to read Un Lun Dun on maybe five or seven separate occasions, but each time I start reading it, I lose interest or I find a far superior book. But I really want to finish Un Lun Dun because it has kicking cover art.
Hopefully Un Lun Dun lives up to the expectations set by its cover art. And if it doesn’t, worst case scenario: I drop Un Lun Dun for the 6th or 8th time and move on to greener pastures.
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