The Book That Broke the World
Library Trilogy, Book 2
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The Book That Broke the World
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Narrated by:
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Jessica Whittaker
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By:
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Mark Lawrence
About this listen
The second volume in the bestselling, ground-breaking Library Trilogy, following THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN.
We fight for the people we love. We fight for the ideas we want to be true.
Evar and Livira stand side by side and yet far beyond each other's reach. Evar is forced to flee the library, driven before an implacable foe. Livira, trapped in a ghost world, has to recover her book if she's to return to her life. While Evar's journey leads him outside into the vastness of a world he's never seen, Livira's destination lies deep inside her own writing, where she must wrestle with her stories in order to reclaim the volume in which they were written.
And all the while, the library quietly weaves thread to thread, bringing the scattered elements of Livira's old life – friends and foe alike – back together beneath new skies.
Long ago, a lie was told, and with the passing years it has grown and spread, a small push leading to a chain of desperate consequences. Now, as one edifice topples into the next with ever-growing violence, it threatens to break the world. The secret war that defines the library has chosen its champions and set them on the board. The time has come when they must fight for what they believe, or lose everything.
The Library Trilogy is about many things: adventure, discovery, and romance, but it's also a love letter to books and the places where they live. The focus is on one vast and timeless library, but the love expands to encompass smaller more personal collections, and bookshops of all shades too.
©2024 Mark Lawrence (P)2024 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about The Book That Broke the World
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- Anonymous User
- 22-11-2024
Pullman-esque
This series starts off fun and delightful and then goes into dark existentialism. A bit like Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series. I love it and I’m so scared for book 3.
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- Mary
- 22-06-2024
Intriguing & Engaging! Another Masterful plot!
The story really picks up pace in book 2! I love the idea and complexity of the 'library'. I felt invested in the characters and strong imagery of the different species and events, to the point where I was holding my breath!
The love story between Lovira and Eva is so endearing! But I enjoyed how the author focuses on other characters too.
Cant wait for Book 3!
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-08-2024
Still loving this tale
The cliff hanger of an ending and now how long until I can read the next book! It’s you going to haunt my dreams until I can finish this story !
Still excellent
Still beautiful
Still love the message and the character growth
Also shout out to the author for the direct reminder of the story at the beginning of this instead of making the characters have a long winded “remember when this happened and then you did this?” Conversation
Every book should just do that
Give me a swift and to the point recap! Loved that!!
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- Toni
- 24-04-2024
Brilliant
Brilliant read, have been captivated since book 1. Now I shall eagerly await book 3
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- Anonymous User
- 14-05-2024
Amazing!
I love how in depth all of Mark Lawrence’s characters are, they’re all very relatable. All his stories take to another world and make my mind reel. I don’t know how someone has this amount imagination, but I appreciate it and admire it so much!
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- Keith
- 26-05-2024
incredible
definitely read if you enjoyed the first book. holy cow it is great. word word
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- Turing Complete
- 23-04-2024
A disappointing sequel
This sequel lacked the intriguing wonder that was so well portrayed in the first novel. Instead we get lots of padding with overly long and repetitive chase and fight descriptions that do little to move the story along or to develop the characters. After a strong start, the story succumbed to tiring page-filler. There’s a good, shorter novel in there somewhere, you just have to get through the rest.
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