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Bezig met laden... The Library of the Unwritten (A Novel from Hell's Library) (editie 2019)door A. J. Hackwith (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A J. Hackwith does sound really interesting and unique worldbuilding here. While the story felt a little slow at first, the pace picked up nicely and was well maintained for the last 80ish%. I really hope we get to explore some additional realms in the next books and learn a bit more about the magic systems as a lot of the 'magic' in this book felt very convenient at times with no real explanation of the rules (except for the blue flame lighters!) This was good fun! Fans of the show Supernatural and/or Neil Gaiman will appreciate the tropes of dysfunctional and power-hungry angels, an unraveling Heaven, charitable demons, and confused humans. Claire, librarian of Hell's Library of the Unwritten is a good protagonist: deeply flawed, sometimes likeable, and she develops and grows at a good pace. Brevity, former Muse (ha!) turned assistant to the librarian, is a great character, although I found Lisa Flanagan's otherwise excellent voice characterizations a bit trying here. The secure little world in which Claire has been sequestered gets turned upside down with the arrival of Leto, courier for Lucifer, and one of the most loveable characters in the book. Ultimately the three of them are joined by Hero (who probably does the most to help Claire fight her own *figurative* demons), and Andras, Claire's former mentor and a demon archivist. Their travels take them to Seattle, Valhalla, Malta, and beyond in a truly entertaining and multi-dimensional story. The hero's quest, with a lot of switchbacks and figurative boobytraps. The humor is on point, although occasionally borders on too precious (e.g. "Interworld Loan - IWL" -- library humor!). A minor quibble regarding editing would be the overabundance of the word "worrying" as in "to worry at one's clothes"... it felt like it appeared in every chapter (an exaggeration). While a perfectly acceptable use of the word, there were points where it seemed that most of the characters expressed themselves through "worrying" at their attire. Outside of these minor issues, the writing is solid, and the world-building engaging. I will definitely be putting the next in the series (The Archive of the Forgotten) on my TBR list. See the full review and more here! Recommended: Yes! For a world full of creative systems and imaginings, for a a breakneck adventure that goes between realms and countries, for the best trip to Hell or a library you'll probably ever have Thoughts: So if I liked it so much, why not five stars? I just want to get this out of the way so I can gush about everything I loved. I didn't feel very attached to the characters, for whatever reason. There was plenty done to build them, it just didn't click for me. Rami and Hero were my faves, but even then it was still a bit lukewarm. Claire did nothing for me, and with her being our main leading lady, that took away from it a bit. But you know what made this OUTSTANDING? So many things. Let's see if I can cram them all in here. Most importantly, the wildly creative imaginings of systems. By that, I mean things like how and why there's a library in Hell, how to get between the different realms of belief, how and why unwritten books awaken into their characters, what happens when you die... y'all, this got serious. The cleverness and creativity that went into so many aspects of the worlds we see blew me away, and more impressively, there didn't seem to be any plotholes or gaps in the designs that exposed them as untrue. I could solidly believe that there's a library in Hell. I had so much fun exploring the details of this book. While it was funnier than I had expected, and significantly less dark and violent (for something set in Hell and about the Devil's Bible, who knew?), it was still a powerful adventure. There was darkness in it, but more of the personal kind. I mean, remember, Claire did end up in Hell. There's a reason for that. Also, this whole book should make you commit to finishing every story ever no matter how badly. Don't leave your poor characters to rot!!! Nanowrimo folk, I'm looking at you! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Hell's Library (1)
Books that aren't finished by their authors reside in the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, but when restless characters who emerge from those unfinished stories escape, it is up to the Librarian to track them down... and keep the collection complete. Many years ago, Claire was named head librarian of the Unwritten Wing--a neutral space in Hell where all the stories unfinished by their authors reside. Her job consists mainly of repairing and organizing books, but also of keeping an eye on restless stories that risk materializing as characters and escaping the Library. When a hero escapes from his book and goes in search of its author, Claire must track and capture him with the help of former muse and current assistant Brevity and the nervous and sweet demon Leto. But what should have been a simple retrieval goes horrifyingly wrong when the terrifying angel Ramiel attacks them, convinced that they hold the Devil's Bible. The text of the Devil's Bible is a weapon in the power struggle between Heaven and Hell, so it falls to the librarians to find a book with the ability to reshape the boundaries between Heaven, Hell...and Earth. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The central concept is a library of unwritten books in Hell from which characters periodically escape. That is of course brilliant, albeit similar to the Morpheus' library in [a:Neil Gaiman|1221698|Neil Gaiman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1234150163p2/1221698.jpg]'s Sandman series. Although in principle the setting, plot, and characters should have caught my imagination, somehow in practise they did not. I think the writing just did not feel vivid enough to bring it all to life in my head. There were a couple of moments that I enjoyed, but most of it went past without making much of an impact. It is ironic, given the plot is about stories taking on lives of their own, that this one failed to jump off the page. The main character seemed almost designed to appeal to me, yet left me oddly unmoved. I'm sure this must be a matter of taste. I didn't like the writing style, but others might love it. Here is a sample:
If that style is to your taste and you find the novel's premise interesting, you'll get much more out of it than I did. I may also have judged it harshly due to my impatience to start reading [b:Summer|52842705|Summer|Ali Smith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1575105411l/52842705._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73242841]. ( )