The Untold Story
Ratings11
Average rating4.3
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Ratings11
Average rating4.3
"Time-traveling Librarian spy Irene has faced unimaginable challenges across a multitude of worlds, but to keep her friends safe, Irene will have to do what has never been attempted and cut through the tangled web of power at the heart of the Library. Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he is her father. When the Library orders her to kill him, and then Alberich himself offers to sign a truce, she has to discover why he originally betrayed the Library. With her allies endangered and her strongest loyalties under threat, she will have to trace his past across multiple worlds and into the depths of mythology and folklore, to find the truth and uncover why the Library was first created"--
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This is the grand finale of the extended story by Genevieve Cogman (who lives in the Northwest of England where I lived for 21 years and got to hear talk at a Literary festival in Lancaster).
The world and characters have been well established by now and all act within character. the denouement is driven by the various sub plots and interactions that have gone before and is in keeping with the powers displayed in the book so far (Dragons must be lawful, Far are narrative driven chaos demons and Librarians will do anything to get a hold of that one book). A nice narrative driven story with appropriate pay off for all of our characters.
It seemed a bit flat but I think that is mostly due to the gap in my reading between this and the previous instalment. This episode doesn't really introduce any new plot elements, just ties up everything that has gone before.
My one nit pick is that Spoilereveryone is far to cavalier about the destruction of multiple worlds with I assume billions of people dying, although that is in keeping with stories usually not caring about the background population.
Reviewed in memory of Jenny Colvin
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8 primary booksThe Invisible Library is a 8-book series with 8 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Genevieve Cogman.
