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A review by sterling8
The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
So many second books in a series split up the relationships that had invested the reader in the series in the first place. I often dislike this but in this book it was better done than in most series.
What I didn't like was the introduction of the new POV, Celcha. I'm not sure what her perspective added to the story.
I'm amused that the canith and the humans seems so likely to get into romantic relationships after all their enmity!
This book did feel like a circle. I'm a little confused as to exactly where we are on the timeline. Livira's book seems like it's of the utmost importance, but we still don't know why. I liked how Livira learned to take back control of her book and its stories by falling into them and having awareness of what she was trying to do in the stories she told.
I fear that this review is not going to make much sense to someone who hasn't read the book. For tht person I'll say that I did like this one, I intend to read the last book in the series. I'm not sure how much happened to further the overarching plot of the book since so much of it was either about Celcha or about scattered friends coming back together. Maybe Celcha's moon people will end up having a more important role to play, or maybe they are just there to show that more people than canith, humans and the terrifying insect people have an interest in the library.
So far there's only been a binary choice in how to deal with knowledge: use it and dole it out as the population with access to it can handle it, or to destroy it. This binary means that everyone has to choose a side. There's even a bit of a meditation on this problem in the book. Is there another way, or more other ways that have been discarded? I think that a new philosophy of how to deal with the library is probably coming up in the next book.
What I didn't like was the introduction of the new POV, Celcha. I'm not sure what her perspective added to the story.
I'm amused that the canith and the humans seems so likely to get into romantic relationships after all their enmity!
This book did feel like a circle. I'm a little confused as to exactly where we are on the timeline. Livira's book seems like it's of the utmost importance, but we still don't know why. I liked how Livira learned to take back control of her book and its stories by falling into them and having awareness of what she was trying to do in the stories she told.
I fear that this review is not going to make much sense to someone who hasn't read the book. For tht person I'll say that I did like this one, I intend to read the last book in the series. I'm not sure how much happened to further the overarching plot of the book since so much of it was either about Celcha or about scattered friends coming back together. Maybe Celcha's moon people will end up having a more important role to play, or maybe they are just there to show that more people than canith, humans and the terrifying insect people have an interest in the library.
So far there's only been a binary choice in how to deal with knowledge: use it and dole it out as the population with access to it can handle it, or to destroy it. This binary means that everyone has to choose a side. There's even a bit of a meditation on this problem in the book. Is there another way, or more other ways that have been discarded? I think that a new philosophy of how to deal with the library is probably coming up in the next book.