Jon's review
The Book of Air and Shadows
by Michael Gruber
Jon's review
The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber
Jon's review
rating:
Thoroughly enjoyed this "literary" thriller. At least that's how it was described on the dust jacket. Told from three different narrative points of view, one of which finishes, and the other two of which come together near the end. Very thoughtful, with a wide range of believable characters bouncing all kinds of interesting ideas off each other. A McGuffin that's easily as good as the DaVinci Code's, and the solving of a puzzle which, as long as you're in the book's thrall, is completely believable. My only complaint, and it seems a strange one, is that for a thriller, it ended too happily. In fact, one of the characters, a wannabee screen-writer, comments that he thought it was a thriller, but it seemed to be turning into a comedy. Made for an odd ending to so much tension, but why should I complain? One of the few books that kept me reading far past my bedtime just to see what would happen next. I had never heard of Michael Gruber, but he's now high on my list.
