Time to review Piranesi, written by Susanna Clarke!💙📚 Also I want to apologize for the looong amount of time between reviews. I got a bit distracted by Arcane Season 2 (iykyk) - ThreadSky

dsprinkles.bsky.social • 86 days ago

Time to review Piranesi, written by Susanna Clarke!💙📚

Also I want to apologize for the looong amount of time between reviews. I got a bit distracted by Arcane Season 2 (iykyk)

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dsprinkles.bsky.social•86 days ago

Im a bit late to this one but i’ve been meaning to read it for a while now. So, did it live ip to expectations?

Meh?

I definitely didn’t not enjoy this one, and I wouldn’t even say I was bored. My problem is in the first half

dsprinkles.bsky.social•86 days ago

The first half of this book (~100 pages) starts very interesting, developing the relationship between Piranesi, The House, and The Other. This section of the piece takes a very surrealist vibe because a lot of time is spent on the House itself, which is a bit like that in nature.

dsprinkles.bsky.social•86 days ago

However it does drag on a bit by the end. Piranesi spends a lot of time describing the statues and the halls and the happenings in minute details. Which is very fun! Don’t get me wrong! However, the really interesting part of this piece is the mystery aspect.

dsprinkles.bsky.social•86 days ago

Throughout the book so far I was obviously really curious about the story behind Piranesi because obviously not all is as it seems. But it takes what feels like a really long time to finally start to unravel the story, and when you finally get there. Its a bit jarring?

dsprinkles.bsky.social•86 days ago

All the sudden, in the second half, the pacd picks up a lot. Things happen quickly and frequently. Theres lots of exposition in the form of long records or journal entries. After adjusting to it, it is fascinating and makes the book hard to put down, but initially it felt rather shocking.

dsprinkles.bsky.social•86 days ago

After adjusting however, it becomes very very easy to say that this is the highlight of the book. I finished the second half of this book in one night, rather than the couple of days it took me for the first half. I found myself frequently putting the book down just briefly…

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