* The narrative voice felt comfortable and real. All this drama happening in the hushed hallways of a library setting somehow felt pretty creepy. * I loved the eerie, something's-not-quite-right atmosphere. * Dead people who are kept on shelves like books? Sign me on! Awesome premise. I've heard that some people who read the extended preview online were unsure if they wanted to continue, and I can see why-but something about the writing was really appealing to me and I ended up having a great experience with it.
* I loved the eerie, something's-n I have to admit, it wasn't until the second half of the book that The Archived really started clicking together for me. Here's what I liked about the book: * Dead people who are kept on shelves like books? Sign me on! Awesome premise. I have to admit, it wasn't until the second half of the book that The Archived really started clicking together for me. In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hard-won redemption.more
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Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself may crumble and fall. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.īeing a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost, Da's death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking.
Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.ĭa first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Ma Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.Įach body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.
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