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In the conclusion to the tetralogy, the world knows about magic and the Porters thanks to the letter that Isaac wrote. And this doesn't so much destabilize the world as much as it causes existing fault lines to flare up a bit. There is some amazing world building here. Russia drafts all inhumans into its military. The Japanese vote to built a military. China uses a nuclear weapon to combat magical creatures. The United States debates legislation aimed at controlling magical creatures. Sometimes reading this book I felt faint echoes of other stories I like. X-Men. The new Captain America movies. The final season of True Blood. That tells you about how this book works on multiple levels. It has a great story and a fitting conclusion. But it can also be read in the context of the conversation going on in 2016 about a host of issues.

Each chapter begins with a dialogue between Gutenberg and Isaac. Thought that the former was dead? Read on. And each chapter ends with a description of a world that knows about magic and about magical creatures. In between, we learn that Isaac and Co must battle with nefarious plots that would have the world turn against magical creatures so that the usual type of villain gains more power.

I give the conclusion four stars rather than five because this book was definitely darker than some of the rest; there was less whimsy and irreverence. Sadly for me there was no Ponce de León. But at least he is alive somewhere. Waiting. That gives me hope. A world without Ponce de León seems far too bleak. And the ending leaves open the idea of more Space Vampires (which if you read my review of the previous book, you know is an idea I LOVE).

As an aside, a t-shirt featuring Treebeard and Groot with the words 'Got Wood?' is a fantastic idea and needs to see the light of day.


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Revisionary Magic Ex Libris Jim C Hines 9780756409708 Books Reviews

It’s over. My adventures with the coolest fictional librarian I’ve never known are over. Revisionary marks the end of the Magic Ex Libris series. No more pulling stuff out of books to save the World. Unless, of course, I find the time to re-read the series. And I hope I do. Because this series is just plain fun.

After finishing Unbound, I jumped right into Revisionary because I had to know how everything would all fall out. Issac was somewhat manic in the last book and I was concerned for his life. He’s did some crazy things in book 3 and it led to some pretty devastating consequences.

In the end, my copy of Revisionary is studded with post-it tabs. Eleven of them to be exact. This is a good sign that Jim had me feeling things and thinking deeply for most of the book.

Throughout the course of the book, Jim touches on human rights. He touches on what happens when your passion consumes you and how that affects other people in your life. He touches on our need to go at it alone whether that’s in our best interest or not. Overall, Revisionary is about change—the good and bad.

Revisionary is definitely an emotional book. The political aspects of the plot gets lost and muddled behind Issac’s drive to rescue and set things right. And while, I am an emotional reader, I do wish the political arguments would have been stronger because I can see a direct correlation between the conversations happening our real world about diversity, human rights and the current political climate. (I live in Iowa. The caucuses just finished up. Need I say more?)

My favorite thing about this series as a whole is the amazing growth of the characters. I look back at my review of Book 1 compared to how I feel now that I’ve read Book 4. These are characters I want to have in my life. I want Issac to dazzle me by pulling things out of books and pop culture references. I want to spar with Lena (and perhaps pig out on junk food with her, too). I want to have a heart-to-heart conversation with Nidhi. There is no question that these three have an amazing, unique relationship that no one questions. It just is. They depend on each other yet they are individuals with their own strengths and weaknesses. To me, they are real.

So who should read the Magic Ex Libris series? Fans of pop culture will definitely get a kick out it. Fans of magic and paranormal worlds will definitely feel a connection. Bookworms, in particular, should pay attention because books are magic. And in Issac’s world there is an amazing truth in that statement. If you have ever dreamed of having access to Lucy’s healing cordial to help a loved one or Dorothy’s silver slippers to skip your commute, the Magic Ex Libris series is definitely for you.
I’m always sorry when a series I’ve enjoyed ends— although I admit to being just as happy when it doesn’t run long past it’s expiration date. There are too many authors who, having discovered a winning formula, write more and more formulaic books, rehashing the same themes over and over again with nary a plot arc in sight.

Not so Jim C. Hines. It is clear that he figured out where the Magic Ex Libris series was going, took it there, then stopped, with the single brief diversion of the novella Chupacabra’s Song.

The first three books largely covered the introduction of magic to the non-magical world. This book is America and the world’s response— or at least the response of the U.S. and world’s power structures, at seeing their preëminent positions threatened.

The series being a fantasy, the sides are more black-and-white than I believe would ever occur if this was anything related to real life. While “mundanes” range from the venal to the heroic, libriomancers and magical beings tend (especially in this last book) to all either clearly be good guys or else have a legitimate reason to be on the wrong side. The protagonist, too, is a bit too good to be true, growing from being able to do libriomancy (a type of magic Hines invented for this series— who says there’s nothing new under the sun?) to being able to perform all sorts of other magic without ever touching a book. On the other hand, he is the protagonist, so he should get to do whatever makes the book more interesting, right?

Read the first three, then this one (Chupacabra’s Song takes place 20 years before the series, and is about bardic magic— it can be read anywhere along the way, and isn’t necessary to the plot).

Recommended
In the conclusion to the tetralogy, the world knows about magic and the Porters thanks to the letter that Isaac wrote. And this doesn't so much destabilize the world as much as it causes existing fault lines to flare up a bit. There is some amazing world building here. Russia drafts all inhumans into its military. The Japanese vote to built a military. China uses a nuclear weapon to combat magical creatures. The United States debates legislation aimed at controlling magical creatures. Sometimes reading this book I felt faint echoes of other stories I like. X-Men. The new Captain America movies. The final season of True Blood. That tells you about how this book works on multiple levels. It has a great story and a fitting conclusion. But it can also be read in the context of the conversation going on in 2016 about a host of issues.

Each chapter begins with a dialogue between Gutenberg and Isaac. Thought that the former was dead? Read on. And each chapter ends with a description of a world that knows about magic and about magical creatures. In between, we learn that Isaac and Co must battle with nefarious plots that would have the world turn against magical creatures so that the usual type of villain gains more power.

I give the conclusion four stars rather than five because this book was definitely darker than some of the rest; there was less whimsy and irreverence. Sadly for me there was no Ponce de León. But at least he is alive somewhere. Waiting. That gives me hope. A world without Ponce de León seems far too bleak. And the ending leaves open the idea of more Space Vampires (which if you read my review of the previous book, you know is an idea I LOVE).

As an aside, a t-shirt featuring Treebeard and Groot with the words 'Got Wood?' is a fantastic idea and needs to see the light of day.