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This book was...original. My first thought upon finishing was, "What the..." So the book was weird but still very readable. It's the story of a man lives in a world that consists only of rooms of statues the extend endlessly in every direction. There is also the sea and the tides that occasionally flood the halls. And the sea birds and the fish. If the rooms go on forever in every direction, where is the sea? It doesn't matter, it just is. He doesn't know how he got here or what his name is. The
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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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Took me a while to read. It’s fascinating, but exhausting. I think it’s because it goes from lighthearted and secure to surreal. I think the whole book is intended to make us revisit our idea of reality. But it’s hard to describe. I’ve never read anything like it.
Winner: Women's Prize for Fiction, 2021
This would have been a 5 if the first part of the book had been shorter. The second half is amazing. ...more
This would have been a 5 if the first part of the book had been shorter. The second half is amazing. ...more
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