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I am not totally sure what just happened, but I didn’t dislike it. It was Circe plus Secret History vibes kinda. No regrets.
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
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
A very strange very lovely book. I had a hard time thinking of Piranesi as a man; somehow the character felt female to me. But that's neither here nor there. I loved the world-building here with a labyrinth full of statues and a house partly underwater.
The plot required a fair bit of suspension of disbelief and relied a bit too much on convenient discovery of information just when it was needed. Still, because the whole book felt sort of fable-like, it didn't end up bothering me.
I read this in t ...more
The plot required a fair bit of suspension of disbelief and relied a bit too much on convenient discovery of information just when it was needed. Still, because the whole book felt sort of fable-like, it didn't end up bothering me.
I read this in t ...more
I loved this novel. I recommend starting with no expectations and then letting the gentle beginning wash over you like the tides in the house (which - who? - is as much a character in this novel as Piranesi). Don't be in a hurry, because you are on Piranesi's time, and he's very busy but his outlook and life are the opposite of ours. He's at one with his environment, but there's mystery that's going to unfold and you will be pulled along for the ride. I would say that at about 20% I was hooked a
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This book was a trip! If you go into it knowing that there is only one main character who documents tides and statues in a giant building merged with the sea, getting into it will be easier. I found it so neat that the building was labyrinthine, and the book structure was the same—slowly unfolding its secrets until the end, when you can literally and figuratively see a way out for Piranesi. I loved the ending and the fact that the building was a main character. I think it would make an incredibl
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Wow - such a strange and wonderful story.
Oct 22, 2020
Katy Kennedy
marked it as to-read
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Marcella
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Jul 12, 2021
Shin
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Jan 04, 2022
Jenny
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Feb 09, 2022
Lucy
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Apr 29, 2022
Adrienne
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Jun 21, 2022
Sana
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Mandy
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