Rather than allowing readers full access to that, Irene’s in-depth thoughts were blocked of. Why give me nothing three-quarters of the book, then bury me in all this information right when the climax was unfolding? The beauty of a first-person perspective lies in accessing the protagonist’s mind. When these details finally surfaced, I felt agitated. Only towards the end did the protagonist verbally explain the things she did know. What was the purpose of the Library? What were the abilities of Librarians? What was this thing called the Language? How could Librarians tap on it? Why could they use it? Most of these questions which formed the very premise of The Invisible Library remained vague throughout the book. Wilfully deferring most of Irene’s knowledge to the very end left me rather confused. See, in adopting the first-person perspective, what the reader could know was inherently limited. Instead of wanting to know what would happen next, I found myself asking what the point was. Too much information was withheld, to the point that there was little for me to hang on to. However, that for me, also was the downfall of the book.
That’s exactly what The Invisible Library sought to do. It’s what fiction is made of as readers want to know, what happens next? An effective way to build suspense is to withhold information, make the reader guess, then reveal things later. Suspense is essential to propel a plot forward. Yet failure is not an option – the nature of reality itself is at stake. Soon, she’s up to her eyebrows in a heady mix of danger, clues and secret societies. Irene’s new assistant is also hiding secrets of his own. London’s underground factions seem prepared to fight to the very death to find her book.Īdding to the jeopardy, this world is chaos-infested – the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic. But when they arrive, it’s already been stolen.
Their mission – to retrieve a dangerous book. And along with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she’s posted to an alternative London. Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. The Invisible Library ( The Invisible Library #1) by Genevieve Cogman
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