A.J. Hackwith - Hell's Library 2 & 3 - The Archive of the Unwritten & The God of Lost Words

Audiobook Review

The third and final book of this trilogy. That, by itself, was a bit of a surprise, as these books had all the hallmarks of the start of a long, extensive, giganormous series of books.

But nope. It's a trilogy. (And there's nothing wrong with that.) Perhaps I'm over-conditioned by those endless multi-volume series. I think Hackwith could have gotten away with that, but she chose not to.

Change of tone and style

Book 1 The Library of the Unwritten and book 2 The Archive of the Forgotten are more adventure romps, with the heroes and their sidekicks romping through the multiverse. Walhalla. Elysia. Heaven. A crocodile god in a dead realm. You name it.

Then book 3 lands, and it is a lot slower than the first two installments. That doesn't make it a bad book, not at all - it was just a surprise.

In this book we discover the secret behind the library and ink (well, somewhat, I think she hasn't explained everything) and there's a good ending. Hero gets his angel, and Claire finds her destiny. Again a well written book, though not as adventurous nor entertaining as the first two.

Narration

Spot on.

The Verdict

A good read, even if I could see the plot take shape roughly halfway the book, and the ending was somewhat predictable.

Perhaps I was expecting a longer series...