THE LAST LIBRARIAN by Brandt Legg
Fiction, Dystopian,
3***
Blurb: The last library… The last books… The last chance… Never let them catch you reading! When the single remaining library of physical books is ordered closed and its “dangerous” contents burned, almost no one notices, almost no one cares. A few did. The impossible task of rescuing the books is up to an angry author, a brazen revolutionary, and the last librarian. They must unravel a coded paradox hidden in the texts. If they fail, humanity will lose more than just what is printed on those antique pages… …if it survives at all. You’ll love Book 1 of this thrilling series, because every chapter contains secrets and surprising twists. Click now to save the books.
Thoughts: The story had a really good premise—in a dystopian world, there was a huge pandemic and afterwards, certain people took over—mostly the rich. They changed all the laws and the world is now at peace for the first time—or is it? Go against the powers that be can get you killed. Get a little overweight and you get sent to rehab. Read the wrong books or say the wrong thing… you get the picture. All the libraries and paper books the world over are being destroyed one by one until there is only one left. The librarian doesn’t believe what is happening until a friend shows him the difference between a paper book and a digital one and he sees what the “censors” have done—even to Shakespeare. So he and his family and friends decide to save the books left in the last library. And they have less than a week to do it before the book burners come in and destroy what’s left.
A good premise, but… there were point of view hip-hops all over the place. After 411 pages, the story ended on a cliffhanger that continues in the next part of the series (I do not like this!). There were tons of quotes from famous authors and references to Fahrenheit 451, which was interesting, but it just rambled on way too much. Definitely in need of a more concise editing.
Recommended with caveat about cliffhangers, POV hops, and length.
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