The Astral Library

A Novel

De: Kate Quinn

Narrado por: Kate Quinn, Saskia Maarleveld

From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures. Beautifully performed by award winning narrator, Saskia Maarleveld.

Alexandria “Alix” Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.

The Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked parties of The Great Gatsby as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy—Alix, the Librarian, or the Library itself?

Includes a bonus conversation with Kate Quinn, Saskia Maarleveld, and Tessa Woodward (editor of The Astral Library).

Loved the concept of escaping into a book, literally.

This book has a great concept. Most of us have desired to escape inside a favorite book. However, I felt the frequent use of profanity detracted from the value of the story.

Tedious

I was excited to see there was a new Kate Quinn novel. But I was disappointed with this fantasy that I found mostly tedious. The narrator and her boyfriend were 20 somethings with very crass language skills and I did not find them likable. The story about the fate of libraries is true and I think that was the main point of the story. I hope Kate will go back to writing historical fiction.

Fell Flat

I loved the premise more than the execution. So many would be great elements were introduced and then left under-developed. The best part of the book was my mind wandering thinking of what book I’d want to enter and live in.

Mediocre

Good writing as usual, but story was one dimensional. I expected more from a Kate Q. book.

Captivating!!!

I disliked that it ended! I wanted to jump inside and leave my world behind!