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3.5

I am a Mark Lawrence fan. This is the 9th book of his I have read, and I expected to love it as much as the first book in the Library Trilogy. Sadly, that was not the case. That's not to say this is a bad book, not at all. I just found it disappointing. I think there's too much going on. We follow 4 different story threads -- one of which is completely new-- and although they do eventually converge, I found myself struggling to keep them straight. This is particularly true since an element of time travel is present in this series, and I wasn't always sure WHEN something was occurring. There are moments of wonderment and beauty in this book, but too much of it felt tedious. And I wish he provided more lore about the library, instead of dangling it like a carrot.

As I said, I am a Lawrence fan. I intend to read the third book in this trilogy, and I have faith that he will stick the landing. He always has so far.