Soren Johansson, an ordinary, Mormon man always believed he'd be reunited with his loved ones after death. Then he dies. He wakes to find himself cast by a God of a religion he's never heard of into a Hell based off the Library of Babel: "a vast library he can only escape by finding the book that contains the story of his life." In Steven L. Peck's existential novella about theology and philosophy, the author explores a chilling version of eternity, captivating readers from every background and every belief system with the idea that everything everyone believed turns out to be wrong. Though a short read, it haunts you long after you've finished reading it. It questions the concepts of finite and infinite, and it takes a beloved hobby of many—reading—and turns it into a horrifying nightmare. With plenty of dark humor, thought-provoking quotes, and a simple premise, the author forces readers to come to their own conclusions about the cruelty and hope of humanity in the best way possible, and I will forever wonder why I hadn't heard about this book earlier.
