The Book That Wouldn't Burn (The Library Trilogy)
Two strangers find themselves connected by a vast and mysterious library containing many wonders and still more secrets, in this powerfully moving first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of Red Sister and Prince of Thorns.
The boy has lived his whole life trapped within a book-choked chamber older than empires and larger than cities.
The girl has been plucked from the outskirts of civilization to be trained as a librarian, studying the mysteries of the great library at the heart of her kingdom.
They were never supposed to meet. But in the library, they did.
Their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another. A journey on which knowledge erodes certainty and on which, though the pen may be mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned.
The boy has lived his whole life trapped within a book-choked chamber older than empires and larger than cities.
The girl has been plucked from the outskirts of civilization to be trained as a librarian, studying the mysteries of the great library at the heart of her kingdom.
They were never supposed to meet. But in the library, they did.
Their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another. A journey on which knowledge erodes certainty and on which, though the pen may be mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned.
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3.5 rounded up - it wouldâve gotten a 4 if the relationships between characters was more well paced and better developed. it has great writing, an awesome concept, and was engaging. i just struggled with relationship and overall pacing. oh and the romance felt completely unnecessary tbh
It started and ended good. The whole middle was a waste of paper. It could've been taken out and the story would've still made sense. The twist at the end was set up nice and well hidden through the book. Honestly wouldn't recommend it and I'm not going to read the whole trilogy.
This book is long and yet, I still found that it wasn’t long enough in the parts that interested me. It is mostly in two POVs and one of them, Livira’s, was much more interesting to me. I found Evar’s POV to drag and I found myself skimming his sections more and more. Also, this book has fucking time travel in it. I hate time travel. The magic library? Amazing. The training to be a librarian? Love it. The politics? Interesting. But everything I had to delve into time travel, I was wary and then when the whole book became about time travel—I had to push myself to finish. My favorite characters are Edgarallen and Volente.
I won’t be reading the sequel. However, I will recommend this book to time travel lovers!
This was a very controversial read in our club. While we had some members that loved it, and truly enjoyed how detailed the book was, as well as its pace and the interaction between the two main character, other had difficulties getting immersed in the read.
Overall, the environment is one well built, but one that leaves you with more questions than answers as you move through. Moreover, the pace is a little slow, and should this book have been half its size, it still would have been able to relay its message comfortably, as there are large portions where not much happens.
Some highlights regarding the book were the time traveling system, which is a rather unique one, as well as the commentary regarding acceptance and the relativeness of one`s enemies. This can be viewed as either a perspective on racism or even the overall concept of otherness. This was showcased very well in the book and left an imprint even after finishing the read.
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