Alcatraz verses the Evil Librarians: Book Review
I loved this book. It was one of those books that gets you to think in a different way. The "author" of this book is actually the character Alcatraz Smedry. He says the book is actually autobiography rather than fiction and he went by the name Brandon Sanderson rather than his own as "both are guises to hide the book from Librarian Agents". One would assume that this book is about a boy who hates to read and has some sort of conflict with librarians, but of course, that is assuming that our normal frame of reference is the definition for these librarians. In this book, the Librarians are actually the people from the country of Libraria. The Librarians have taken over all of the world. Well, the world that we know of. See, the Librarians are for controlled information; information is power. Thus, every country we (the readers) have heard of is actually under the slavery of the Librarians, but no one knows it. Except those in the Free Kingdoms (continents that we from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia have never hear of, because the Librarians have kept the information from us).
The book has a good plot, but it's the style of the writing that I'm extremely impressed with.
I believe that this book could be presented to those who think literature is boring, dull, and a method of torture. The author, Alcatraz, thinks so too. He's trying to tell everyone that he is not a very nice person, writing the books proves it. "Ask yourself this: would any decent, kindhearted individual become a writer? Of course not. I know how the story ends. ... But I am not a nice person. And so, I'm not going to reveal any of these things to you."
The author, Brandon Sanderson, wrote the book in such a way that you can feel the new neuron connections form while reading the book.
Again, I believe this book to be a great bridge for a person to begin to enjoy books. It has a fast-paced plot, but also presents new ideas and themes that cause you to think.
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