Invisible Library

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Published Jan. 15, 2015 by imusti, Pan.

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978-1-4472-5623-6
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3 stars (3 reviews)

ONE THING ANY LIBRARY WILL TELL YOU: THE TRUST IS MUCH STRANGER THAN FICTION...

Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all the different realities. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant, Kai, have been sent to an alternate London. Their mission: Retrieve a particularly dangerous book. The problem: By the time they arrive, it's already been stolen.

London's underground factions are prepared to fight to the death to find the tome before Irene and Kai do, a problem compounded by the fact that this world is chaos infested--the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic to run rampant. To make matters worse, Kai is hiding something--secrets that could be just as volatile as the chaos-filled world itself.

Now Irene is caught in a puzzling web of deadly danger, conflicting clues, and sinister secret …

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Die Macht der Sprache

4 stars

Auch nach mehrfachem Lesen der ersten Kapitel bewundere ich den Einsatz der Sprache, amüsiere mich über die Andeutungen über Kai beim Kennenlernen mit Irene und mit den ersten Begegnungen mit dem Detektiv und dem Botschafter von Liechtenstein, die auch in den nachfolgenden Bänden auftauchen. Nett, wie Irene zum einen die Aufgaben der Bibliothek erklärt und zum anderen Kai von Anfang an eigene Aufgaben überträgt und sich für ihn verantwortlich fühlt. Auch der Detektiv, der an Sherlock Holmes erinnern soll, hat einen interessanten Charakter und seine Frage, was denn nun an der Bibliothek so bedeutsam sei, dass Irene ihr Leben für sie riskiert, wird nicht restlos geklärt. Geht es um mehr als um das Sammeln von Büchern, um die Ursprungswelten vor möglichem Verlust abzusichern? Warum ist Neutralität der Bibliothek und Nichteinmischung in die alternativen Welten so wichtig? Irene allerdings baut persönliche Beziehungen auf in den alternativen Welten, versucht möglichst wenig Schaden …

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3 stars

Fantasy, multiple dimensions, and a main character that would rather read than go on an adventure. The past history of the protagonist felt a bit episodic, and this book reminded me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, or, oh, The Librarians.

This is the start of a series, and it feels like a little too much is thrown in - the plot runs hither and thither with little time to rest. The characters, while not compelling, are interesting enough to keep turning pages. Probably the most interesting to me was Vale, a Sherlock Holmes clone. Several people have tagged this as steampunk - it really isn't - and young adult. The latter designation is close, and this book has no harsh language or steamy scenes.

Will probably revisit this, but like the main character, I think taking a little time to heal makes sense.