Synopsis A girl is raised in the Dust, in a tiny settlement where nightmares stalk and no-one ever goes. A boy has lived his whole life trapped in a library, older than empires and larger than cities. Their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time. This is a tale of truth and lies […]
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Review: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy #1) by Mark Lawrence
Lawrence does a truly incredible job with controlling the flow of information and details the reader is privy to, masterfully winding and weaving his plot and its various timelines, in such a manner that although the twists and reveals impact you fully, they do so in a way that makes perfect sense.
Fantasy Book Review: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy #1) by Mark Lawrence
The start of a new trilogy spanning time and multiverses, set in the backdrop of mysterious, manipulative and menacing Library. A intriguing and entrancing tale and page turner.
Review: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy #1) by Mark Lawrence
The ending to this book is explosive and it hurts so much, in all the best ways that a book that makes you feel and love the characters does.
Review: The Girl and the Moon (Book of the Ice #3) by Mark Lawrence
A compelling read, that grasps you from the start and drags you into a relentless ride of twists and turns ending in a breathtaking epic finale. One of the best ending to a fantasy series…ever!
Review: Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne #1) by Peter McLean
Following the story as told/written by Tomas Piety in first person, the reader is met with a matter of fact recounting of events that reveals a character who is choosing to share his story, while also keeping some of the details to himself. This is all done while commenting on it all in a manner that, I don’t want to say is bleak, cause it’s not really that, more like with very few fucks left to give and heavily influenced by the protagonist’s principles. This sort of unreliable narrator is the kind that fascinates me the most, especially because when done well, and I’d argue that McLean did it brilliantly, it reveals more about the characters themselves than what they’re actually telling the reader. At the same time, this makes for a fast moving story that doesn’t waste time on world building through long expositional paragraphs, but rather only focuses on the relevant details and events.
