The Untold Story

so-so

Well, I wish I was coming to the end of this series with a more pronounced thought than 'thank goodness that's over'. The premise, which this book seems to be partly justifying the departure from the early idea to the later watering down, is appealing, the world-building for the most part, and a number of the characters. There are several reasons I stayed invested. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? Unfortunately, when Cogman made the decision to stop teasing a love triangle, and went with Irene and Kai, it was greatly at Vale's expense, he faded out of the stories more as the series went on. Not only was I more invested in his relationship with Irene than Kai's, I felt seriously cheated out of the, admittedly still rare in main stream publishing but to me achingly well-established, possibilities of a throuple! 4w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? And yeah, making it less about book heists and alternate world exploration and more about fae v. dragons and Librarians as diplomats was also not the direction I would have chosen. Cogman, depending on your perspective, is either very good or very bad at writing intensely frustrating interpersonal exchanges, lengthy, or perhaps more accurately, frequent exchanges. As with thrillers, I don't find such tension compelling, I find it pisses me off 4w

Robotswithpersonality 4/? and encourages me to skim. I enjoyed the bit of what was said about the true purpose of libraries and librarians, even if it's well worn territory, but I feel like the founders story line, being basically fully introduced and concluded only in the last book, felt rushed, and I felt cheated out of the exploration of that lore as a result. Likewise, Alberich's end? A bit anti-climactic. 4w

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? I appreciate that Irene still understands the parents that raised her as her true parents, rather than being too spun or invested in the implications of her 'true' parentage, but it just felt weirder and weirder, the more the gap between her biological and adoptive parents was drawn, that we've heard so little about the people who actually raised her - I'm trying to remember, in eight books, did we even meet them? (edited) 4w

Robotswithpersonality 6/? Not the point, I suppose, but there could have been an emotional depth to involving the parental figures more. Likewise, tricky to determine who gets a bigger role among the supporting cast of an eight book series, but I do wish I'd seen more of certain characters, and while I guess there's some literary symmetry in Bradamant's involvement at this stage when she was the earlier foe, at this point in the series, I just didn't care as much. 4w

Robotswithpersonality 7/7 Lot of 'underutiilized character' feelings. I can see why this series would work for people with certain preferences in fantasy and mystery/thrillers, I guess I made the mistake of falling early for the protagonists and the premise, and wanted to see where it went even if it wasn't matching up well with my preferences. Not a shock, then, I guess, that the end didn't satisfy. š¤·š¸¼ā€¨ā™‚ļø¸
ā ļø¸forced pregnancy 4w

shanaqui Yesss I really wish Cogman had explored them being a throuple. At times it seemed like it was going there! 4w

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julesG

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Finished book 7 of the Invisible Library series while hanging up the laundry.

What a ride!!! I'm not going to say anything about the content, because I don't want to accidentally blabb something vital.

#SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

TheSpineView Great series! Well done! 1y

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Conservio

The Untold Story | Genevieve Cogman

Probably the last book of the ā€Invisible Libraryā€¯ series.

probably a 3.5/5 for me. I enjoyed the premise of the whole series and thought Genevieve had a very.. fairytale like story for this one. However, I really do not like the romance aspect and it feelsā€¦ forced and I think this book would‘ve been better stretched into two. Also disappointed by the lack of focus on stealing books.

#alternateworlds #fantasy #dragons #fae #books

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Myrtilla

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Just finished and what an adorable way to wrap up the series š

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emmaturi

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This is the (at the moment) book in this fab series. The gang are all back on a quest. I like how it ended so if the author decides to return to this series she can.

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emmaturi

The Untold Story | Genevieve Cogman

Coppenhall, Don't worry, I'm not going to propose killing Irene.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

behudd Ah I‘m a few books behind on this series now but this is making me want to pick it back up! 3y

emmaturi I have really enjoyed this whole series! @behudd 3y

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shanaqui

The Untold Story | Genevieve Cogman

Surprised I'm not seeing more posts about this! I thought this series was quite popular. Anyway, I'm about halfway through and really wishing work was not so busy at the moment. I have ideas about certain long-standing mysteries...

Lunakay I did rush through it as well, couldn't put it down! Great finale to the series and of course there are lots of dramatic reveals involved! Enjoy! :) 3y

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shanaqui

The Untold Story | Genevieve Cogman

Whyyy did I wait to pick this up? I'm racing through it!

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shanaqui

The Untold Story | Genevieve Cogman

Yep, I've done it again. I had an ARC, I haven't read it, and now I'm holding the actual published book in my hand.

Oops.

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shanaqui

The Untold Story | Genevieve Cogman

I got an ARC of this one and it was one of those horrible PDFs. Didn't think I was going to be able to read it in time, since they look awful on my tiny ereader... but I recently got a reMarkable 2 for taking class notes, and they display PDFs beautifully. It's actually a lot lighter and easier than a hardback, even if I prefer a small screen/page!

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