TLAMC: October 2023 Pick - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

[Rob, Roberator]

Our October pick will be The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

Let us know what you think about the pick

[AndrewP]

Some of the Orange County Group read this as an alt pick back in 2019. Some people are going to freak out over this one:)

[Paul]

Another popular March Madness pick! Next year's March Madness is going to have a lot of new titles.... Should be fun.
Apologies for talking about March in October. I feel like that person who gets excited for Christmas in July 😅.

[Chris K.]

I read this back in 2020. I remember really liking it although there is some pretty intense violence.

Trigger warnings I found online (view spoiler)[Rape, Incest, Claustrophobia, Cannibalism, Eye trauma, Murder, Torture (hide spoiler)]

I plan on reading it again to see if it lives up to my initial reaction.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I read this a few years ago and loved it. I might revisit it on audio.

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

I gave it 3 Stars last year, but wavered between giving it 4 Stars.

It is a great book, but those child torture scenes are rough and forced me to take a Star off 😕

[Ruth]

Tassie Dave wrote: "I gave it 3 Stars last year, but wavered between giving it 4 Stars.

It is a great book, but those child torture scenes are rough and forced me to take a Star off 😕"

Oof that doesn’t sound good. I can take a lot of violence and horror in my books but since becoming a mother I can’t bear reading about violence against children. I may need to sit this one out.

[John (Taloni)]

^ Yeah, that was a red flag for me as well. I may pull up A Night In The Lonesome October again. Just the right level of silly creepiness for Halloween.

[Papaphilly]

This is absolutely an amazing pick. It is a mind blower of a novel.

[Stephen]

The child violence is biblical like. In the Bible, All the first-born dies because they did not spread sheep blood on the door. Our local S&L group read it as a alt pick back when we read The Last Unicorn because our group read that when Peter S. Beagle blew into town with the movie. I really liked it for one scene involving tigers.

[Jennifer]

I loved this. Loved it. I might even re-read it to join this discussion.

[Tracy]

I liked this book a lot …. despite the violence and torture. The story is really good and the world building unfolds in a propulsive way. Good choice.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Stephen wrote: "...I really liked it for one scene involving tigers."

Do you mean the lions? They were awesome.

[Jordan]

This book is amazing. I keep waiting for the author to write something else but don’t know if he has since.

[Stephen]

I should have written big cats I guess.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

Stephen wrote: "I should have written big cats I guess."

Well, I agree with you. That was one of my favorite parts of the book.