A Short Stay in Hell

Sometimes I'll look at my TBR list and lament the fact that there are only 24 hours in a day and that I have but one life to live; I simply will not be able to read every book out there no matter how hard I try. But now that I've come across this story where a character not only has the chance to do that, but the outright specific task to read every possible book that could be written, it sounds like a nightmare.

This is one of the most creative books I've ever read, and the setting and worldbuilding has been bouncing around my head ever since I finished it. I find myself trying to imagine what I would do in this scenario and it's pretty daunting not to get swallowed up in the numbers and physical dimensions of the library this story takes place in. For as sterile as the majority of this story was, the underlying rules and complete lack of exceptions to them were where the horror truly lies. This is one of those books where not much is happening at face value, but more you think about it afterwards, the more profound and unsettling it gets.

I'm not doing a good job describing this. Just pick this one up, it's like a hundred pages and well worth your time.