![]() Side note: I myself am a dropper - if only dropping things were a talent to be admired… □ But overall, I quite enjoyed the book, and I liked the twist on so-called “flaws” turning out to be heroic talents (the power to “break things” is a powerful talent, for example, as is the talent for arriving late to things as well as the talent for tripping). The first-person narrator style took me some getting use to, and I can imagine future tales getting a bit formulaic in that Lemony Snicket kind of way. ![]() It’s a fun, quick tale, overflowing with magic and adventure and snarky humor. (Ha!) On his 13th birthday, Alcatraz receives a mysterious package full of sand… and is quickly thrust into an adventure involving oculator lenses, self-driving cars, talking dinosaurs who also love reading, and of course, evil librarians. So what’s the book all about? Alcatraz Smedry has grown up in Libraria - the United States, Canada, and England, countries controlled by librarians - often referred to as the Hushlands. ![]() The book began, essentially, as a free-write based on what became the first line: “So, there I was, tied to an altar made from out-dated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.” ![]() Turns out, this opening sentence was what inspired Sanderson to write the whole book! As he reveals on his personal website: First page of Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians ![]()
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