He’d be at that all day, and Claire would be at repairs all night. She reluctantly turned from the book she was working on, pressing one elbow on it to keep it from creeping off. A slow, deep frown pulled on her face as she gave him a better once-­over. The girl—No, the character, the book, Claire corrected herself—tried again. “You don’t get it. In the woods—I saw what it did....” Remember when I said these characters have secrets? Well, secrets eventually come out, right? Which leads to … growth! Erm … hopefully. I suppose it can also lead to murder, depending on how important keeping these secrets are, but that’s not the point.

I mean, it’s right there in the blurb: a library in Hell. But it doesn’t even stop there, does it? Because how … boring … would that be? That feels wrong to say. But even so, there’s more, as if that wasn’t enough. Elaborate worldbuilding, poignant and smart characters, and a layered plot...An ode to books, writing, and found families." - Library Journal (starred review) Vivid characters and an intriguing world make THE LIBRARY OF THE UNWRITTEN a great entry in the genre of books about books. Arrant, Chris (February 27, 2009). "PMike Carey & Peter Gross on Vertigo's 'The Unwritten' ". Newsarama . Retrieved 2009-08-23. But one day something is different. A demon is in her library and he’s giving her a message - a character escaped.This book is very well written, and has everything I am coming to love in the fantasy genre. It has a wonderful adventure with twists and turns and unpredictable events. It has spectacular characters that are fully developed and none of them turn out to be what they first appear to be.

Librarian Fleur Michel, 1782 CE, Unwritten Wing, Librarian’s Log entry, Personal Ephemera and ErrataLeto twitched. “If you don’t mind my asking... how, ah, how can you talk about His Highness like that?” I can already tell I’m going to have a hard time explaining what exactly it was about this book that didn’t live up to my expectations. The most definitive thing I can say is, The Library of the Unwritten is the perfect example of why I don’t like to read books about books. And I’ll try to explain what I mean by that, but I’m not sure how well I can put it into words, so bear with me. The Library of the Unwritten is a book where almost anything goes. Where the heroes are librarians, characters can come to life, and the most sought-after item is a book. Um … yes, please. Be still, my bookish heart.

The character zeroed in on the more sympathetic target. She took a step toward Brevity. “I just don’t want to die in there.” Mark my words, souls are made of tougher stuff. You can wear one down, tear one apart, unspool all the thread, shave a piece off even, but destroy one? I imagine there’s an end, somewhere… But even an end is just where you run out of book. Stories change, and stories go on. Maybe souls do too.” There was more action in the story than I expected. Not only was there a constant sense of frantically striving to stay a step ahead of pursuers, there were also duels and rituals that could end in death and a pretty epic battle scene towards the end. My favorite of these elements was a duel between librarians, where words were wielded as actual weapons. Tossing appropriate quotations at your opponent’s head like missiles is one of the best visuals I’ve come across. A tightly wound caseworker is pushed out of his comfort zone when he’s sent to observe a remote orphanage for magical children. Before i started reading i actually didn’t know that the books actually took on their characters so that they look human (even though it is in the synopsis) and I thought they were just actual books flying around. The fact that they physically took on the heroes of their own stories was so fascinating.

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