1/7/2024 0 Comments The archive of the forgottenThat basically featured a war (with mass casualties) and ranged widely, Claire & Co visiting Earth and having protracted adventures here. It's a much more character-driven, intimate piece than the previous book. (The depth of this is something that I never completely understood in the book, even granted Claire's previous behaviour). It's not helped by the arrival of muse Probity, Brev's oldest friend, who loathes Claire with a passion. Fallen angel Rami and escaped character Hero - whose hate-hate relationship is one of the delights of this story - maintain a sort of détente but this story is freighted with things not said, painful silences and - not misunderstandings, so much as deliberate attempts not to have to understand ('Claire was very skilled at finding the most efficient ways to hurt herself'). ![]() Claire hasn't spoken for months to Brevity, muse and her former apprentice, who is now Librarian. That backstory was possibly more significant and important than I'd realised - perhaps overshadowed in The Library of the Unwritten which was after all largely focussed on the attempted seizure of the Unwritten Wing by an ambitious demon - with the result that, at the start of the current book, things seemed to me to be unexpectedly fraught. There was bad feeling against Claire because of her past behaviour and in particular, the strictness with which she'd treated escaped characters. ![]() In this sequel to The Library of the Unwritten, all is not well in Hell's Library (maybe it's a tautology to say that, this is Hell, after all!)Īt the end of the previous book (spoilers) Claire, the Librarian of the Unwritten Wing, which stores all unwritten books, was ejected from her post and instead took over in the Arcane Wing (cursed artifacts). I'm grateful to Titan Books for an advance e-copy of The Archive of the Forgotten to consider for review. ![]() 'Every book is a secret that only readers know'
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