The God of Lost Words by A.J. Hackwith

(Titan Books, 2022)

Reviewed by Kate Onyett

This final book in a trilogy about the ultimate Library is a romping, endearing, emotional roller-coaster of a ride with a crunchy, biscuity base of non-conformist love and learning.

First understand that every song, story, poem, dream and communication—in fact every creative imagining a human can make—is never totally lost. The greater number of such things are abandoned—intentionally or unintentionally lost to memory—but find their way to the various Wings of an arcane Library that stores these outpourings. Each wing being hosted in various realms of the after- (between?-) life.

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