A review by provo
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Loved the book until

the last 50 pages or so. Really fucked up the ending, though I love that Steve was turned into the new sun and all the lion shenanigans. There was no reason to resurrect father and try to make him sympathetic. It would have been so much more interesting to see Carolyn work trough her grief and anger on her own instead of having an abusive father figure tell her that all the horror she lived through was not only justified but necessary and make her agree to that without any pushback. Also actually who the fuck cares about Erwin. Is this an US-american thing to have war criminals be teachers at schools teach the opposite of deescalation and be proud of it. Just what. Little disappointing but the first 90% of the book were quite good, I just wasn’t a fan of the conclusion (and - you know it - Erwin).

If you want to read a really good book with the main theme of „god is not only just a dude but an abusive asshole and has to die“ go read the locked tomb by tamsyn muir (especially Nona the ninth) it’s so much more fun and you don’t have to put up with this super annoying war criminal the author clearly thought was a really cool character 🙄