The characters in this book are also very strong, especially the two main characters, which is important as the cast is very small. He enlists the assistance of wood nymph Lena and relies on his loyal fire spider Smudge to get to the bottom of the mystery that thrusts him back into the field.

However, as the antithesis of feminism, she is required by nature to have a lover, whose needs and interests then help define her. But their plan could unleash a far darker power, an army of entropy and chaos, bent on devouring all it touches. 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. And in this case, that context included, perhaps, the worst professional audiobook narration I have ever encountered -- and I listen to way more books than I read these days (commute + playback speed control / infant at home x Audible membership = where are my earbuds?

With steam rising from his body, he had raced onto my shoulder and clung there as if terrified I was going to abandon him again. Isaac makes an offhanded comment that the villain got the book into the hands of true-believers, but he can’t explain how. You can't pull out a reality warping wand from a book that only has ever had a few thousand readers. Pareciera que Hines introduce en una olla muchos elementos que distintas autoras y autores de ficción han utilizado a lo largo de las décadas y de allí va sacando recursos que le sirven de insumo para construir todo el relato que estructura a El Mago de los libros.

There's no real magic in it, but I think it's something magical nonetheless, and the author captured those emotions very well in his characterization of Isaac. En serio, todo friki que se precie debería leerlo porque va a ahogarse en babas entre tantas referencias e ingenio. but I can assure you that anyone, even someone who hasn't found "that" book to infuse their love of reading, can pick this up and enjoy it.Unusual Pets for Unusual People: Isaac's boss is engaged in an ongoing effort to create viable poodle-chupacabra hybrids. For example, extracting Harry Potter's wand does not grant the ability to actually cast any spells from those books. Late-Arrival Spoiler: Codex Born and Unbound make no mystery of the fact that Nidhi and Lena were a couple for years before Isaac came along. And there are a lot of people out there who, well, their fantasies aren’t something I ever intend to become.

Read the Freaking Manual: Apparently, the reason why libriomancers can't extract video game power-up items from their manuals is because nobody ever reads them. Gutenberg’s power brought him many enemies, and some of those enemies have waited centuries for revenge. To me, Hines took a marvelous concept, started to execute it well, and mucked it up by dabbling in romance.

It’s a bit dull, but things liven up when the library is attacked by three vampires (some vampires are natural, others are created via texts). Our Zombies Are Different: It's a small moment, but there's a fully sapient, non-rotting zombie in book four. It’s all good fun, with strong female characters, some thoughtful moments about destiny – and an awful lot of books. Mass reading/belief in a book enables specially trained book-loving readers, known as 'libromancers,' to bring parts of the book into life.