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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not quite as good as the first, but wow! What a cliffhanger ending! And he did a good job connecting plot points from the first book into this sequel.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was en excellent sequel to The Book that Wouldn’t Burn. The book had me hooked and developed on the world building and the character development brilliantly.
This book build upon the intricate world of the Library, whilst also introducing the external world and new aspects of it too. The introduction to the new characters was smooth and descriptive and were intertwined to the story very well.
I really enjoyed the interactions between humans and canith, especially the dynamics between two who I cannot mention for spoiler purposes…… This book really engrosses you within the world and the characters deeply.
My only pain point of this book would be that I feel it was too short. The length of the previous book would have been perfect and would have allowed for more time within the world and interactions with the characters and it wouldn’t have felt like it was too much.
This book build upon the intricate world of the Library, whilst also introducing the external world and new aspects of it too. The introduction to the new characters was smooth and descriptive and were intertwined to the story very well.
I really enjoyed the interactions between humans and canith, especially the dynamics between two who I cannot mention for spoiler purposes…… This book really engrosses you within the world and the characters deeply.
My only pain point of this book would be that I feel it was too short. The length of the previous book would have been perfect and would have allowed for more time within the world and interactions with the characters and it wouldn’t have felt like it was too much.
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
After reading the first book, I kept the series on my TBR tentatively. After reading this middle installment, the series remains in a similar status although I likely will pick up the conclusion this year. While Lawrence's writing does not wow me, he has a strong technique which bodes well for the intricate, highly complicated plot weaving its way through the trilogy. I greatly appreciated the "the story thus far" recap which helped prepare me to reenter this world. If you enjoyed book one, book two will not disappoint.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
While I still think the concepts in this series are very interesting, but I think the direction this series has gone in isn’t quite for me. There’s a ton of mind-bendy world building/exploration and expansion of the themes and ideology from the first novel, which I did appreciate, but I just didn’t find this to be that compelling for me. I also felt like parts of this were a bit confusing and convoluted with all the time stuff, and there were a few too many action scenes for me considering the length of this novel. It also felt like the characters themselves took a big backseat, and it felt we were at arms-length from them and they didn’t develop that much, which made it harder for me to connect with the story. Overall, this wasn’t a bad book by any means and I think the exploration of themes and the world building were interesting, but I think the execution just wasn’t totally for me.
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes