Lexicon

Lexicon

2013 • 400 pages

Ratings55

Average rating3.7

15

As Wil and Eliot ran away from so-called poets for their life, Woolf kept inching towards them. Their only chance of surviving seem to be a “word,” one with tremendous power, but somehow Wil could not remember it.

Spells, incantation, persuasion, rifle and blood, Lexicon is a thrilling book jam-packed with interesting concepts and gripping actions. The book blasts off with a good ol chase scene, and then alternates between two timelines effortlessly.

However, it was disappointing to see that not much is known about these poets, their jobs, their purpose, and the world they operate in. It is as if Harry Potter had ended in book 1. The ending was kind of a trope, and while it makes sense for the book to end that way, I could not help but to feel amiss after rooting for Eliot so much.

Overall, I still enjoyed the book, but I would probably like it even more had it been a trilogy, and not a one-sitting read.

April 18, 2022