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Loading... In the Stacksby Scott Lynch
![]() None No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() ![]() The idea was interesting, but the twist was very obvious. No hindsight required. A single introduction was enough to recognise Trouble. The neon sign was the only thing missing. Emotional beats are flat and unbelievable. There was no genuine emotion in the fallout. If this is how Lynch writes, I'd rather skip anything else of his. How fun and unique. It's like a dungeon crawl. I loved parts of it. Some of the "action" parts were a bit much for my personal preferences. I listened to the multi-performer PodCastle podcast. Here: https://podcastle.org/2012/03/13/podcastle-200-in-the-stacks/ Fun and short schooltime hack-n-slash fantasy with an always delightful twist of... a library dungeon with horrible nasties that aren't always just the books. :) This is a revamped story from '09 turned into a full cast podcast with the link on the book page. :) What makes this special is the humor and the delightful characters as they fulfill their final exam at their magic school by RETURNING A LIBRARY BOOK. Delightful, scary, funny, and with as much fantastic action as you can squeeze into a little less than two hours? Hell, yes. With surprising twists, great dialogue, and beasties that learn new words. *gasp* The best part is... this is Scott Lynch, ya'll. Lies of Locke Lamora Scott Lynch. :) Happy eating! :) no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Life is always complicated for students of magic at the High University of Hazar, but the fifth-year exam is a particular challenge: Each student must return one library book. Of course, they must return it to the Living Library, a haunted collection of ten million magical tomes, a collection where the rules of time, space, weather, and reality itself are subject to sudden change. Escorted by armored battle-librarians, a group of four students battles mysteries and monsters in a fight to get their books back on the shelves in this fast-paced sword and sorcery tale. Originally published in 2010, the Author's Enhanced Edition of "In the Stacks" is newly revised and expanded, featuring new dialogue, new scenes, and a new introduction from the author. .No library descriptions found.
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