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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 9462334" data-attributes="member: 3649">The Book That Wouldn't Burn - Mark Lawrence. I really liked this one; certainly enough to go on to the rest of the trilogy. Not a standalone book by any means. Livira was named after a tenacious weed, and it fits her. Born out in The Dust, the endless hardpan wasteland/desert that surrounds the distant city of Crath, she has known nothing but the long daily grind of pure survival. When her tiny village is destroyed by rampaging Sabbers, the ferocious wolf-men of the wastes, she winds up in the great city and, eventually, in The Library. Meanwhile, Evan has lived his entire life in The Library, in a vast book-filled room with no escape. He and his siblings live due to crops grown around a fountain in the rooms center, watched over by the mysterious Soldier and Assistant. non-human constructs that seldom speak. I do love a mystery-box book and this delivers. As we go on, drips and drabs appear that hint The Library is vaster and older than anyone can imagine. Good pacing also means there is still a lot of mystery to go even pages before the end, and the lead up to the next book. [ATTACH=full]380323[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 9462334, member: 3649"] [SIZE=5][B]The Book That Wouldn't Burn - Mark Lawrence. [/B][/SIZE] I really liked this one; certainly enough to go on to the rest of the trilogy. Not a standalone book by any means. Livira was named after a tenacious weed, and it fits her. Born out in The Dust, the endless hardpan wasteland/desert that surrounds the distant city of Crath, she has known nothing but the long daily grind of pure survival. When her tiny village is destroyed by rampaging Sabbers, the ferocious wolf-men of the wastes, she winds up in the great city and, eventually, in The Library. Meanwhile, Evan has lived his entire life in The Library, in a vast book-filled room with no escape. He and his siblings live due to crops grown around a fountain in the rooms center, watched over by the mysterious Soldier and Assistant. non-human constructs that seldom speak. I do love a mystery-box book and this delivers. As we go on, drips and drabs appear that hint The Library is vaster and older than anyone can imagine. Good pacing also means there is still a lot of mystery to go even pages before the end, and the lead up to the next book. [ATTACH type="full" width="248px"]380323[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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