Will Sargent reviewed The Library At Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Review of 'The Library At Mount Char' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Fucking awesome.
In some ways, the best sign of a "magical fantasy" book is when you can't call it "young adult" and the characters aren't wish fulfillment fantasies. To the contrary, the protagonist, Carolyn, is utterly terrifying to everyone around her, even the non-human ones. Humanity is a choice, but humanity is also a habit, and Carolyn (and her brothers and sisters, the Pelepi) are out of the habit of thinking of themselves as human. And maybe they're not, any more.