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mezzythedragon's review
4.0
What an imaginative collection of short stories. I think one way for me to enjoy an anthology is if the stories are connected in some way, as is the case here.
My faves are “Mene, Thecel, Phares”; “Synchronicity”; “Big Enough for the Entire Universe”; “Entanglement”; “I m d 1 in 10”; “Blessed Are the Hungry”; and “Infinite Degrees of Separation.” However, each story was compelling in its own way; the ones I listed just stuck out more.
My faves are “Mene, Thecel, Phares”; “Synchronicity”; “Big Enough for the Entire Universe”; “Entanglement”; “I m d 1 in 10”; “Blessed Are the Hungry”; and “Infinite Degrees of Separation.” However, each story was compelling in its own way; the ones I listed just stuck out more.
quingbee's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
5.0
ckeeve's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
vg2's review
5.0
A series of inter-connected short stories, ‘The Infinite Library’ grounds its epic journey through time and space in the mysterious library of its title, but layers in themes of love, loss and finding one’s place. With some much going on - genre-blending, a variety of structures, tangents in every direction - it would be easy to lose an overall sense of cohesion. The beauty of this collection is that it juggles all this so well; each individual story feels distinct and interesting in its own right, yet as a whole, there is satisfaction in following the threads that bring it back to the beginning and the key themes. A tricky thing to pull off. It was a challenge to track down a copy of this book (I eventually purchased it from an independent bookstore in Singapore, who had thankfully low international shipping rates), but absolutely worth it.
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