Their growth as a unit is heartwarming and the dynamic of the five major POVs is spectacular. After assembling our team in book one, we are now cast out into a sea of adventure with a well-rounded group of strong personalities. It is in this second book that Bancroft really hits his stride and captures what I think are the greatest strengths of the series: character growth, group chemistry, and the mystery of the tower. At the end of book one Senlin is joined by a selection of characters he met throughout the first novel, and they form a crew that is much more fleshed out and well-rounded than Senlin is on his own.īook two, Arm of the Sphinx, is one of my favorite books. But, the initial introduction of the Tower and its myriad of wonders was enough to keep me hooked into the story and coming back for more. One of the major themes of the series is personal growth, so many of the characters you will come to love are introduced as selfish assholes who are hard to like at first. Suffering from pacing issues and a hyper-focus on a single POV, Thomas Senlin, the book is slow to start and loses some readers early on. Although our cast members each begin their quest for selfish reasons they soon find themselves fighting for the fate of the tower itself.īook one, Senlin Ascends, is easily the weakest of the quartet. The tower is filled with wonders, but human greed and corruption have prevented its original designs and turned the tower into a monument to injustice. Essentially, the series revolves around an unlikely group of characters who find themselves thrown together in strange circumstances as they try to climb a mythical tower with entire kingdoms on each level.
With the fourth and final book, The Fall of Babel, coming out soon, I thought I would take a look back over this wonderful series.įor those who are unfamiliar with The Books of Babel, please check out my previous reviews linked below. For those that do not know, The Book of Babel began as a self-published series that slowly gained a cult following until it was picked up by a major publisher. Congratulations to Josiah Bancroft for completing what must have felt like a Herculean task.
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