There’s a trend in action novels these days towards anti-heroes: protagonists who are a mix of good and bad. I like anti-heroes but was longing for a true heart-of-gold “good guy”. The Librarian fits that description. He’s that guy who always wants to do the right thing. He never compromises his principles. And because of that, readers fall in love with the character.
The story is about a guy who travels post-apocalypse USA helping people. It moves at an excellent pace, has lovable characters, and elite narration. It’s a great set of books. I highly recommend!!
I have only one negative thing to say, but its a spoiler. SO DON’T READ PAST THIS POINT IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW THE ENDING!!!
*SPOILER ALERT** DONT READ PAST HERE UNLESS YOU HAVE ALREADY READ THE BOOK
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Dear Benjamin Wallace: WHY??? You get a yellow 15-yard penalty flag for unnecessary character killing. I totally understand why you might want to kill off that character so Jerry will be unencumbered in the next book. Lee Child does it every book so he can start with a fresh canvas next book. But I just don’t understand why you had that character die at the end of this book, when you could have ended an epic tale on a happy note. You could have easily done it at the beginning of the next book and then skipped a year later in time so it wouldn’t become the main story. (I haven’t read the next book yet). Here’s the problem: when you write a book that good (and the book is THAT GOOD!), we readers become emotionally entangled with the characters. We went on an emotional roller coaster with Jerry and needed a happy ending to feel good. And you gave it to us. And then you took it away. Unnecessary.