The Library at Mount Char, Scott Hawkins
The Library at Mount Char, Scott Hawkins
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The Library at Mount Char

Author: Scott Hawkins

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 16 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/16/2015


Synopsis

Neil Gaiman meets Joe Hill in this astonishingly original, terrifying, and darkly funny contemporary fantasy.

Carolyn's not so different from the other human beings around her. She's sure of it. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. She even remembers what clothes are for.

After all, she was a normal American herself, once.

That was a long time ago, of course—before that time she calls "adoption day," when she and a dozen other children found themselves being raised by a man they learned to call father.

Father could do strange things. He could call light from darkness. Sometimes he raised the dead. And when he was disobeyed, the consequences were terrible.

In the years since Father took her in, Carolyn hasn't gotten out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father's ancient Pelapi customs. They've studied the books in his library and learned some of the secrets behind his equally ancient power.

Sometimes, they've wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God.

Now, Father is missing. And if God is truly dead, the only thing that matters is who will inherit his library—and with it, power over all creation.

As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for battle to come, fierce competitors for this prize align against her.

But Carolyn can win. She's sure of it. What she doesn't realize is that her victory may come at a n unacceptable price—because in becoming God, she's forgotten a great deal about being human. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on November 28, 2024

This is a very strange book! Reading the blurb I thought I was in for some sort of urban fantasy of the angels + demons, werewolves + vampires sort that often has a young woman in leathers on the cover showing an inch of midriff. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is a very brutal, rather cr......more

Goodreads review by karen on June 19, 2018

i don't read a lot of fantasy. i read slipstream, magical realism, and horror, but fantasy typically just confuses me. i think my obstacle is that with MR and slipstream, things are only just slightly tweaked, and what i relish is that unsettling feeling - that the possibility for fantastical occurre......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on October 18, 2016

What just happened? This book is bizarre. This book is weird. This book is fantastic! Sometimes books are complex, weird, and artsy - but it all feels forced. Kind of like the author sat down and said "check out how artsy and deep and meaningful I can be". I have some books in mind, but I will play ni......more

Goodreads review by Emily on July 01, 2023

This is by far one of the weirdest books I've read and it deserves all the hype! In the beginning I had a hard time getting into since every 1-2 chapters you start following a different story without really knowing how they are linked. Eventually it all starts to make sense and I just couldn't put it......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on October 11, 2019

Re-read October 11, 2019 Just in case you might think that a book like this might lose its flavor or lessen my enjoyment three years after the last read, or it being the third read with the third-read blues, check your expectations at the door. I still freaking love this book. It has everything I could......more