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Loading... The Archived (original 2013; edition 2013)by Victoria Schwab (Author)
Work InformationThe Archived by V. E. Schwab (2013)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Review posted at SoManyBooksSoLittleTime ( ) The concept is a pretty cool one, even if the reasoning is vague. With the myriad underworld/afterlife myths, why not a library? What I didn't get is why do the Histories wake up? It would make more sense (to me) if the Histories were being stolen or something. Whichever it is, the writing itself is really beautiful and the story is just interesting. I didn't love that Ben's death was basically just Mac's motivation (Stuffed Into the Fridge to be exact), even though there was an attempt to give him more personality than "tragically young dead boy". The arc in this book is resolved, so no cliffhangers, but with plenty of room to keep exploring this universe. I'll be reading [b: The Unbound|13638131|The Unbound (The Archived, #2)|Victoria Schwab|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1361898093s/13638131.jpg|19250879] when it's released. Featured in a blog post at https://booksbeyondbinaries.blog/2019/10/28/villainathon-wrap-up/ no reviews | add a review
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"When an otherworldly library called the Archive is compromised from within, sixteen-year-old Mackenzie Bishop must prevent violent, ghost-like Histories from escaping into our world"-- No library descriptions found. |
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