Piranesi was such an odd book. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as I am all here for weird books… But it was so different than most things I’ve read. I keep starting sentences about this book and not having ways to finish them.
Things I liked:
A lot of references to Narnia
Beautiful setting
Intrigue
Untrustworthy narrator - think Call me Ishmael
Things I didn’t like:
Took too long to get started
Things I’m not sure how I felt about them:
Everything else
Haha.
Seriously, though, I’m not sure if I liked the inconclusive ending. I’m not sure if I liked the style. I’m not sure if I liked the incoherence of the fact delivery. I’m not sure if I liked the sudden appearance of new characters. I’m not sure! And I think that leads me to believe this was something like eating foodie food.
I don’t need to have that again—I’ll just have cheese on my pizza— but I am glad I ate the butternut squash this time.
Piransei for me was the kind of book you chew slowly, and look off a little to the right and then slowly say, “It’s… interesting.”
Very memorable descriptions of flooding water. Beautifully composed, visual scene.
