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Pan (2021), Edition: Main Market, 352 pages
Description
"Time-traveling Librarian spy Irene has faced unimaginable challenges across a multitude of worlds, but to keep her friends safe, Irene will have to do what has never been attempted and cut through the tangled web of power at the heart of the Library. Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he is her father. When the Library orders her to kill him, and then Alberich himself offers to sign a truce, she has to discover why he originally betrayed the Library. With her allies endangered and her strongest loyalties under threat, she will have to trace his past across multiple worlds and into the depths of mythology and folklore, to find the truth and uncover why the Library was first created"--
User reviews
LibraryThing member JJbooklvr
Irene and Kai are back after that bombshell at the end of the last book. And yet somehow the story gets even crazier as we learn more about The Library and where it came from. As Spinal Tap would say this takes things up to 11! I wonder now though if this is the final book. It could easily end here
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LibraryThing member Carolesrandomlife
I have been a big fan of this series from the beginning. It has become of the books that I look forward to reading every year. I had no idea that the series was drawing to a close but as I read I just kept thinking how final everything felt. From what I read on the author’s website, the series
This series is one that I do suggest be read in order. Fans of the series will love that they will finally get all the answers they have been waiting for over the course of the series. This book had all of the excitement that I have come to expect from this series. It really seemed like the odds were stacked against Irene and her friends but they always seem to find a way to come out okay in the end. Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich, the Library wants her to kill him, and Alberich claims to be ready to sign a truce. To say things are complicated is an understatement and Irene’s task will take her to the very core of the Library.
I loved the characters in this book. It has been great to see this group of characters grow throughout the series. Irene is such a strong character and the bonds that she has formed with her close friends are even stronger. I really liked seeing Irene, Kai, and Vale work together as a team. They all are very good at thinking quickly and can usually find the best way out of a situation. I loved the fact that so many characters that made appearances in previous installments were featured in this book.
I highly recommend this series to others. This is a very exciting addition to an imaginative series filled with fantastic characters. I cannot wait to read more of this author’s work in the future.
I received a digital review copy of this book from Berkley Publishing Group via NetGalley.
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may resume again in the future but this is the end for now. This book was just as good as I had hoped that it would be and I am so thankful for the hours of entertainment this series has given me over the years.This series is one that I do suggest be read in order. Fans of the series will love that they will finally get all the answers they have been waiting for over the course of the series. This book had all of the excitement that I have come to expect from this series. It really seemed like the odds were stacked against Irene and her friends but they always seem to find a way to come out okay in the end. Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich, the Library wants her to kill him, and Alberich claims to be ready to sign a truce. To say things are complicated is an understatement and Irene’s task will take her to the very core of the Library.
I loved the characters in this book. It has been great to see this group of characters grow throughout the series. Irene is such a strong character and the bonds that she has formed with her close friends are even stronger. I really liked seeing Irene, Kai, and Vale work together as a team. They all are very good at thinking quickly and can usually find the best way out of a situation. I loved the fact that so many characters that made appearances in previous installments were featured in this book.
I highly recommend this series to others. This is a very exciting addition to an imaginative series filled with fantastic characters. I cannot wait to read more of this author’s work in the future.
I received a digital review copy of this book from Berkley Publishing Group via NetGalley.
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LibraryThing member jmchshannon
Genevieve Cogman says that The Untold Story is not the end of the series, just the end of the “current season.” All I know is that I consider it a great ending to a beloved series. All the answers, resolutions to ongoing conflicts, and satisfying conclusions to every pre-existing and new
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plotline. Ms. Cogman is fair to all of the characters and the Library. I hope this is not the end because I am going to miss Irene and her friends. Show Less
LibraryThing member dono421846
A solid conclusion to a splendid story. We learn the origins of the Library, and how that secret impacted its ongoing history. A valuable lesson lies beneath, on what can happen when following blindly orders, even when they might appear to be in the interests you support. But secrets can put a
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different light on things, so one should not claim to know matters about which one merely believes. Show Less
LibraryThing member rivkat
Conclusion (at least to this arc) of Irene’s story as she finally confronts Alberich and learns the secret of the Library, despite forces in the Library that would rather kill her than make peace. It mostly delivers on explaining what’s going on, though it struggles with Alberich as both
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LibraryThing member quondame
If you like answers to questions you may or may not have thought to ask, this is your book. A steady flow of action takes Isabelle and her closest associates on a short spiral and and a rather long strait cast to resolve some real problems the Library has.
LibraryThing member Shrike58
So that is that, in this tale of origins and endings and Irene being forced to get to grips with her own origins, and the origins of the Library itself. That being the case, this becomes a hard book to review as there are a number of big secrets that I don't care to spoil, but if you've read the
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seven previous books I think that you'll wind up being happy with this concluding novel. That's the thing, there is something of a buying time quality to the first half of this book, before Cogman launches her big push (I still think that "The Mortal Word" was the peak of this series), but to write eight novels in one setting and always managing to keep it fresh is a worthy achievement, and I'd be perfectly willing to give the series as a whole five stars. Show Less
LibraryThing member catseyegreen
The finale of the series, in which Irene confronts Alberich and discovers the true powers behind the Library.
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LibraryThing member MickyFine
In the final (for now) Invisible Library book, Irene must come to terms with her new knowledge about her parentage. At the same time, a new threat appears to be lurking as entire worlds are disappearing. As Irene and her friends attempt to determine what's happening they'll have to dig into the
A solid final outing for this series, which I've so thoroughly enjoyed. There's plenty of adventure as usual (although not quite as breakneck as some previous entries) while also resolving several major plot points that have developed over the course of the series. Fans of the series should be pleased with this resolution.
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origins of the library, a feat which might destroy everything as they know it.A solid final outing for this series, which I've so thoroughly enjoyed. There's plenty of adventure as usual (although not quite as breakneck as some previous entries) while also resolving several major plot points that have developed over the course of the series. Fans of the series should be pleased with this resolution.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2021-12-28
ISBN
1529000637 / 9781529000634
Local notes
Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich and the possibility that he's her father. But when the Library orders her to kill him, and then Alberich himself offers to sign a truce, she has to discover why he originally betrayed the Library.