Piranesi in Crazy Challenge Connection

Feb 14, 2021 Liz rated it really liked it

Shelves: ni-group-read, 2021-book-list, botm-finished

I originally thought of rating this book at a 3.5, but after discussing it with my goodreads book club, I’ve bumped it up to a 4/4.5. Beautifully written & intriguing book. It’s a fascinating mystery that was so methodically revealed.

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Oct 01, 2021 Bucket rated it really liked it

Shelves: psychology, literary, philosophy, reviewed, fantasy-science-fiction

I'm of two minds on this one.

First, the negative. My main complaint is the ways the plot feels forced. The most egregious of these was Piranesi's discovery of torn up paper - not only the convenient timing of the discovery but the fact that he just didn't both to put the pieces together for weeks, until the right moment for the narrative. Piranesi also waits to look up the Other's name is his index because "it hadn't occurred to him." The fact that Clarke provides an excuse shows her own discom ...more

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Feb 18, 2021 Bookworm rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library, 2021-reads

Rating: A

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Jul 18, 2022 Karen D rated it liked it

I'm not really sure how to rate this one. I for sure didn't love it as much as others have, but I didn't hate it, and enjoyed some parts of it, once I got over my confusion.
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There's absolutely no way to provide a meaningful synopsis so I'm not even going to try. It's really confusing at first, but things start to make sense pretty quickly, and also the book itself goes quickly.
*I've seen references in reviews to an amazing twist, and I think my biggest issue with this is that I was expecting s ...more

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Jun 20, 2021 Beth rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, hugo, sword-and-laser, tower8, hugo2021

This might go up to a five, after I've had a chance to let it sit with me for a while. It's really neat. You can see what is going on long before the main character, but he's also sure of himself and some of the ways I expected him to change didn't happen; he stubbornly chose his own way. And same with the interactions with 16; I'd think I see where we were going but we'd go somewhere a bit askew of there.

Anyway, I look forward to talking about it with people. ...more

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