"An astonishing novel from an author I have long loved, The Absolute Book catches the reader up on the very first page and carries them away in an exhilarating rush." - Kelly Link, author of Get In Trouble It was thrilling and frightening.Each time I thought the book was done surprising me, Knox flexed her own golden gauntlet and opened another gate and flung me through it." - Dan Kois, Slate "Majestic, brain-bending.I felt that my position in relation to the book's capacious intellect and imagination and moral purpose was a vertiginous one. This darkly luminous fantasy reads like a mystery, thoroughly and wonderfully transporting readers to another world." - Kirkus Reviews The ending is a little too neat and solves a problem that's at best tangential to the main plot, but overall the book is such a rich feast that it's well worth reading. In particular, Knox has created a faerie realm that's seductively tactile. "Elements that might strain credulity in a lesser writer's hands here read like simple facts. This ambitious fantasy is a master class in blending genres." - Publishers Weekly "prawling and engrossing.Knox bites off a bit more than she can chew, though, and several questions are left unanswered, but readers will still be impressed by the work's sweeping scope. "Weird and enigmatic, occasionally slow but never dull, this grand ode to Story itself is one that begs for a reread." - Booklist (starred review) Above all, it is a declaration of love for stories and the ways in which they shape our worlds and create gods out of mortals.
It is a book of journeys and returns, from contemporary England to Auckland, New Zealand from a magical fairyland to Purgatory. The Absolute Book is epic, action-packed fantasy in which hidden treasures are recovered, wicked things resurface, birds can talk, and dead sisters are a living force. Finally a shadowy young man named Shift appears, forcing Taryn and Jacob toward a reckoning felt in more than one world. Then there are questions about a fire in the library at her grandparents' house and an ancient scroll box known as the Firestarter, as well as threatening phone calls and a mysterious illness. but not all of the attention it brings her is good.Ī policeman, Jacob Berger, questions her about a cold case. She has written a successful book about the things that threaten libraries: insects, damp, light, fire, carelessness and uncaring. Taryn Cornick believes that the past-her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge-is behind her, and she can get on with her life. The epic fantasy that's taking the world by storm-a bewitching story about a revenge killing, a mysterious scroll box that has survived centuries of fires, and the book that changed everything.
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