The Book That Wouldn’t Burn + The Book That Broke the World: Review/Discussion

I recently finished the first two books of Mark Lawrence’s Library Trilogy and am now currently suffering from a book hangover as I now must patiently wait for the final book😅.
Here are my thoughts on the The Book That Wouldn’t Burn and its sequel The Book that Broke the World. Needless to say, I adored these two and they currently hold the title for my favorite fantasy reads of the year so far.
Have you tried out this trilogy? If you have let me know down in the comments!
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Time Stamps
Intro: 0:00-1:02
Summary of the story: 1:03-2:03
Thanks a bunch Philip: 2:04-2:24
The weirder the merrier: 2:25-2:56
Genre-blending: 2:57-3:54
Worldbuilding: 3:55-4:49
Characters: 4:50-5:31
An exercise in futility: 5:32-8:15
Time bending shenanigans: 8:16-9:28
Conflict and conflicting emotions: 9:29-11:21
Conclusion: 11:22-12:17
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[@TripleRoux]

I am sold, thanks for the review! I found the part about the feeling of futility very meaningful, especially when I compare it to what is currently happening in the world and my feeling of helplessness. That's why I love the therapeutic effect of stories, because we get a closed arc and a completion that we seldom get in real life. It helps to stay sane-ish...
I found your channel very recently and am really happy about that! Looking forward to all the future goodness coming our way ❤

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Fantastic to hear your thoughts on The Library Trilogy here, Marianne! Excellent job of describing the themes, and you nailed it in terms of the characters and their conflicts. I too am sitting and waiting for book three!

[@marianneguevara8279]

Much appreciated Philip! Thank you for checking out the video. I'm glad you liked it. I saw Mark Lawrence's comment on your video and thankfully will be getting our answers by next year!

[@AmandaJHMorton]

I read Mark Lawrence's book Red Sister a few years ago. I enjoyed it but I haven't read anymore by him.

[@marianneguevara8279]

I've passed by Red Sister on the shelves numerous times over the years. I think I should try it knowing that I enjoy Lawrence's storytelling. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it. It just might be my next Lawrence, at least until the last book in the Library Trilogy comes out.

[@scoutdarpy4465]

That thing we call "knowledge" and how it assumes mankind - or consumes him - is Biblical. Look at Adam and Eve and the fruit and the tree of knoweldge, of good and evil: "do not take of this tree". For surely we will die. This gets into the sorta assemblage of purity and the fragile soul in a placed paradox, what it is to be good but act evilly. These are incidents that follow, from society's structure to the way we live individually (whatever the mores, lol - because they too are a symptom of this knowledge). It is fundamentally a question of God and man, of mental powers.
On a more childish note, there was that library episode from Avatar the Last Airbender where the giant owl didn't want the team to use their knowledge for destruction. Lol. I watched that when I was a kid, but I still remember it. Haha.

[@marianneguevara8279]

In both books there are a lot of biblical and mythical allusions. There is mention of the fall in the Garden of Evil but also Cain and Abel. How good and evil are intrinsically tied with knowledge is something Lawrence explores, which I really like.
And yes I also remember that scene! I remember that owl creeping me out. The image of that library sinking into the sand has always stuck with me.
Thank you for watching!