This read was an experience. I'm not even sure how to review this, so I'm writing this mainly for myself, in case I one day need a reminder of that experience. 
 It was weird. Not in a bad way. And maybe not so much weird as unusual. In the bookstore where I got The Library at Mount Char, it was categorized as horror. I'm an avid reader of horror; it's easily one of my favorite genres. Having read so much horror, I've become sort of jaded. It takes a lot for me to consider something "horror" and The Library at Mount Char doesn't live up to it. To me, it was more a mix of... well, fantasy (d'uh), comedy (view spoiler)[(I especially love Erwin and the fact that he read Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series - which I, myself, love! (hide spoiler)]), and a thriller. 
 I did like it, but I don't think I could give it more than a three-star rating, making it a pleasant, but no more than that, read.