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Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

Start date: July 1, 2022

Finish date: July 31, 2022

Why we're reading this: July 2022 group read for "parallel reality"…more
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Jan 26, 2021 Amy Crehore rated it it was amazing

I loved Piranesi and have never read any book quite like it. Had no idea what to expect and was curiously turning page after page to discover more about his world. It was like a fantasy logic puzzle. Then the mystery takes hold and !!

Fantastic read.

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Nov 04, 2022 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, popsugar-2022

POPSUGAR 2022 Reading Challenge: A book you know nothing about.

I already knew Susanna Clarke from reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell so when I saw some friends review this book highly, I dropped it straight onto my TBR list. Fortunately my friends who had reviewed it only mentioned their emotional response to the book (not the plot) and I hadn't even read the blurb, so it was perfect for this challenge prompt.

Aside from fitting this prompt perfectly, knowing nothing about this book is actuall ...more

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Jun 27, 2021 Judy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, bookgroup, favorites, fantasy

A mysterious, atmospheric book that captured me completely. At first reading there's much that is inexplicable, but in a beautiful, chill-inducing way. So many levels, both literally and figuratively. It's a hard book to get into - thanks to Jane for recommending that I pay less attention to the external information (dates, building details) and more to the conversations. ...more

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Jan 19, 2021 Leslie Jerkins rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021

I am not totally sure what just happened, but I didn’t dislike it. It was Circe plus Secret History vibes kinda. No regrets.

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Nov 14, 2022 Debbie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I love when I'm listening to an audiobook and I'm so hooked on the story that I a) listening to it by just sitting around my house, rather than while I'm walking/driving/doing chores or b) borrow or buy the ebook/book because the audiobook is taking too long and is too limited to when I can advance in the story.

Piranesi is certainly one of these titles.

The narrator is clearly an intelligent, organized, rational man who is stuck in some kind of labyrinth and is a tad lonely. He has scheduled mee ...more

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Apr 09, 2021 Jane rated it it was amazing

Shelves: psychology, mystery, one-of-a-kind, fairytale, mythological

I would never have read this book if it hadn't received so many wonderful responses when it appeared in the Challenge. It seemed strange, almost impenetrable. Was it worth the effort. Several reviews convinced me it was. At first, the repetition of the strange dates which were always in "The Year of the Appearance of the Albatross." It took me so long to let go of reading that. I felt like a tool. I felt like Piranesi did, all the time, a tool of the author. The house where Piranesi is living is ...more

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