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. - ThreadSky

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.

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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…

dsprinkles.bsky.social•86 days ago

To see if I could decipher more of the story from the new information we recieve which was great fun. I think the problem is, is that most people were tricked into feeling like the whole of this book was this exciting, when it really wasnt. I would’ve preferred if we spent less time building…

dsprinkles.bsky.social•86 days ago

In the beginning, and got to the main story quicker. Although that leaves me conflicted because I did enjoy the slow characterization in the first half.

I think this piece deserves the recognition it gets, even if it wasn’t necessarily my favorite.

dsprinkles.bsky.social•86 days ago

Some of the characters are really strong. Piranesi himself for one is an unreliable narrator who we can tell is unaware of the full scope and context of the life he knows. My only wish is that the other characters get the same strength in characterization.

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