The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence

Author : Mark Lawrence

Book : The Book That Broke the World

/ Fantasy /

/The Library Trilogy Book 2/

Publication date : April 9, 2024

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Blurb:

We fight for the people we love. We fight for the ideas we want to be true.

Evar and Livira stand side by side and yet far beyond each other's reach. Evar is forced to flee the library, driven before an implacable foe. Livira, trapped in a ghost world, has to recover her book if she's to return to her life. While Evar's journey leads him outside into the vastness of a world he's never seen, Livira's destination lies deep inside her own writing, where she must wrestle with her stories in order to reclaim the volume in which they were written.

And all the while, the library quietly weaves thread to thread, bringing the scattered elements of Livira's old life – friends and foe alike – back together beneath new skies.

Long ago, a lie was told, and with the passing years it has grown and spread, a small push leading to a chain of desperate consequences. Now, as one edifice topples into the next with ever-growing violence, it threatens to break the world. The secret war that defines the library has chosen its champions and set them on the board. The time has come when they must fight for what they believe, or lose everything.

The Library Trilogy is about many things: adventure, discovery, and romance, but it's also a love letter to books and the places where they live. The focus is on one vast and timeless library, but the love expands to encompass smaller more personal collections, and bookshops of all shades too.

My thoughts:

My magical journey through The Library Trilogy continues with the second installment—The Book That Broke the World.

I'm not going to lie, I was a bit nervous starting this book given how much I loved The Book That Wouldn't Burn, but a few chapters in, and my fear evaporated without a trace.

The vibe was different from the first book, but it was for the better because it gave you even more than you expected. Starting with two new characters that quickly made their way under your skin, and we see more of our familiar and beloved ones like Malar, Yute and my personal favorite is the role his huge furry companion Wentworth had too.

The world expands, and we don't spend as much time in the library as before but remains that sweet constricting feeling that keeps you at the edge of your seat and keeping you guessing.

Witnessing the conflict from different views combined with some intriguing character development and the intricate weaving of plots and timelines results in a book that you can't put down until you finish the last chapter.

Pointless to say that, like the first book, I had so many highlighted gems thanks to the wonderful and thought-provoking writing style that I horded them like a greedy gremlin😂