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| Original Title: | The Invisible Library |
| ISBN: | 1447256239 (ISBN13: 9781447256236) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.panmacmillan.com/book/genevievecogman/theinvisiblelibrary?format=978144725623601 |
| Series: | The Invisible Library #1 |
| Characters: | Kai, Irene |
Genevieve Cogman
Paperback | Pages: 329 pages Rating: 3.73 | 35866 Users | 4994 Reviews
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Irene must be at the top of her game or she'll be off the case - permanently...Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. And along with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she's posted to an alternative London. Their mission - to retrieve a dangerous book. But when they arrive, it's already been stolen. London's underground factions seem prepared to fight to the very death to find her book.
Adding to the jeopardy, this world is chaos-infested - the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic. Irene's new assistant is also hiding secrets of his own.
Soon, she's up to her eyebrows in a heady mix of danger, clues and secret societies. Yet failure is not an option - the nature of reality itself is at stake.
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| Title | : | The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library #1) |
| Author | : | Genevieve Cogman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 329 pages |
| Published | : | January 15th 2015 by Tor UK |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Mystery. Young Adult. Writing. Books About Books |
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Ratings: 3.73 From 35866 Users | 4994 ReviewsJudgment Appertaining To Books The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library #1)
I had been told by many, many people (in particular my 'buddy' Mary S.R. comes to mind!) that I needed to read this series. They were all so very right! Let me start this review by saying if you like fun, clever fantasy novels that feel a little like a Doctor Who episode then go read this immediately! Don't even read the rest of this review; just go get The Invisible Library. Like Doctor WhoI don't know if it's because the opening description of the Library made me think of the Doctor Who'The Invisible Library' feels like the author made a conscious effort to Include All The Cool Things. Starting with, of course, a secret extra-dimensional library with All The Books, connecting parallel universes, and librarians who are secret agents traversing these worlds in search of rare manuscripts. I mean, would it be POSSIBLE to write a book with that concept and have it be a bad book? I'm not sure, but it would be Very, Very, Difficult. This is absolutely a very enjoyable book. Cool as a
Firstly, big thanks go to the wonderful Gordon at Grab This Book and Tor Books for my copy of The Invisible Library. Gordon kindly suggested I should be introduced to this series, and Tor Books agreed so I was thrilled to be sent a copy.The Invisible Library is brilliant. Its so far removed from anything I would normally read but I found myself completely and utterly immersed in it from the beginning.An excellent cast of characters, magic, mystery and so much bookish wonderment make The
This is a wild mashup if there ever was one. Just the list of elements is freaking weird and the way it's pulled off makes it a really fast read. Multidimensional library association, linking texts to fulcrum points across worlds. Check.Spies and thieves and detectives, a heist novel focused on a book. Check.Dragons and Fae and chaos necromancers and Library Words that function as Words of Power. Check.Worlds of magic and worlds of steampunk and worlds of cybernetics and mixtures all in-between.
A little gem of a fantasy novel, The Invisible Library is smart and elegant and bewitching. It has lots of action, great characters and world building. Irene, the Librarian, with a capital L is tasked to seek out and deliver an important version of Grimm's Fairy Tales to the Library. The Library is the repository of all the best books in all the worlds, and there are many worlds.The Librarians are a cross between secret agents and holy orders. They are trained not to ask too many questions and
Irene is an agent for The Library, a timeless place balanced among many parallel universes. Their goal: to collect all the stories ever put into print, everywhere by whatever means it takes. When Irene and a handsome young newly-minted agent are assigned to seek a collection of Grimms fairy tales from a steampunk Victorian London replete with vampires, werewolves, and Fae, it seems like a standard run -- until the Librarys arch-enemy appears, seeking the same book, and chaos ensues, literally.
I absolutely adored this book. :)One part Doctor Who, one part Steampunk, one part Chronicles of St Mary's... toss in dragons and fae. Stir vigorously. Voila! The Invisible Library!
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