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North Korea flat out publishes a novel which features all sorts of nifty toys they'd like to have and requires all its literate citizens to read it regularly in an attempt to be able to get them. I think that's why i thought of it like a TV series, it was like Grimm and that sorta thing :) The characters were likeable and i enjoyed the humour.
Which throughout the book I thought was made-up and kind of a goofy choice on the author's part, sounding like "eye-zay-ick. Gargle Blaster: One of the things that libriomancers do for fun is extract fictional drinks from books. Me hubiese gustado que la prosa fuese un poco más cuidada, pero la historia me atrapó y me dejó con ganas de empezar con El hijo del códice, el siguiente libro de la saga. Also I think that there is enough evidence from the author to suggest that this story will become more and more layered as the series develops and I will come back and reread this book and think ahah!Reading Is Cool" Aesop: Isaac often waxes poetic about the sheer joy of reading, is a professional librarian, and every other libriomancer is an avid reader themselves. In the early Harry Dresden books, there is a real sense of strangeness when Harry mixes his whacky potions. The three go to Isaac's to compare notes and consult with Isaac's contacts in the Porters, the secret organization of libromancers started by Gutenberg in the late 1400s. While reading this book, I couldn't help but think about the books I'd read previously, and what items would have been of use if this magic actually existed. The main thing that knocked me out of enjoying this book for the cool, light read it could have been was the issue of free will.
Having the main female character of this book have LESS FREE WILL AND SELF DETERMINATION THAN A SPIDER raises all kinds of issues that Hines doesn't seem to know what on earth to do with, so mostly he ignores them.The first time he ignores Smudge’s actions is early in the book, and it’s new to the reader, so we forgive him; the second time, Isaac merely looks stupid. So as we race along through the plot with Isaac and Lena, we get to make lots of little side trips down memory lane as Isaac uses an artifact from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Road to Oz, A Wrinkle in Time, and so on. Other characters, notably Isaac’s boss Nicola Pallas, who is trying to successfully cross-breed dogs with chupacabras, provide darkly-lined comic relief.