Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I loved Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. But I put off reading this for a while, out of some combination of fear of it disappointing in comparison and lack of interest after reading a description and the first few pages.
I finally read it today and it was great.
- surprisingly a page-turner; the unfolding mystery draws you in and I basically didn’t put it down until I finished
- the worldbuilding was beautiful and haunting
- felt quite nostalgebraist-esque. also reminded me of The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
- I was assuming it would be super long like JS&MN; instead it felt perfectly concise, like it took exactly as long as it needed to tell the story
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