May Meeting: The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

This month we're reading The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

"Two strangers find themselves connected by a vast and mysterious library containing many wonders and still more secrets, in this powerfully moving first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of Red Sister and Prince of Thorns. The boy has lived his whole life trapped within a book-choked chamber older than empires and larger than cities. The girl has been plucked from the outskirts of civilization to be trained as a librarian, studying the mysteries of the great library at the heart of her kingdom. They were never supposed to meet. But in the library, they did. Their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another. A journey on which knowledge erodes certainty and on which, though the pen may be mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned."

This is a virtual event held on zoom at 7pm eastern standard time. Please consider your own time zone when logging on. Discussion questions are listed below, #5 & 9 are somewhat spoilery so don't look at those if you haven't finished the book.

1. What did you think about this month's book?

2. What were some of your favorite scenes?

3. Did you enjoy the library as a setting? Would you want to visit?

4. Did the author do a good job of creating distinct and complex
characters? Were there any side characters you wish had more 'screen time'?

5. What did you think about the twist related to Evar's character?

6. What's your opinion on the ending?

7. Did you find the quotes at the beginning of each chapter compelling? Why or why not?

8. If you could bring any book into the mechanism, what would it be?

9. In Yute and Yamala's place, what would you have done differently to break the cycle?