There is no apology for my acts. We have a choice, all of us, in seeing the world and system we participate in. At some point, we are confronted with the cost. What suffers for happiness. What dies for life. Even Caesar couldn’t keep such a thing hidden, the blood that waters an empire’s soil. You have a choice. You can choose to close your eyes and enjoy your lucky position on the good earth. You can choose to walk away.
Or you can choose to rebel.
Librarian Poppaea Julia, 48 BCE
Chapter 41, The Library of the Unwritten
I love me a book about books. So when I first heard about this book from a cari can read video I immediately put it into my up next queue for reading this month. This book’s got a little bit of everything: a library in hell, the no-nonsense librarian and her quirky assistant, angels, demons and characters come to life from unwritten books.
Generally, I had an alright time with this book. The characters were interesting and the plot had a satisfying thriller aspect to it. However, I did find that the book dragged a bit in the latter half. It just felt like the book spread itself a little too thin with the various plot threads it had created and needed to bring them all together for the conclusion.
The path to the conclusion felt onerous. It didn’t help that certain elements of the plot were fairly predictable so I found myself wanting to reach the ending I knew was going to happen. Another element that I found a tad boring was the use of Christian mythologies of heaven/hell and angels/demons. Christian mythology is quite overused in fantasy fiction already and this book isn’t doing anything novel or interesting with it.
To conclude, if you are also someone who likes a book about books and libraries, you’ll have a okay time with this book. Its nothing mind blowing and I didn’t find myself wanting to read more of the series after I finished the book.