Loved itSo far, I am loving it. Although it is pretty vague, I am already intrigued and sucked in. This huge house, mansion, whatever it is, with different weather and vast oceanic tides is such a unique setting.
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Piranesi (2020)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building; its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house. There is one other person in the house--a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known. For readers of Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane and fans of Madeline Miller's Circe, Piranesi introduces an astonishing new world, an infinite labyrinth full of startling images of surreal beauty, haunted by the tides and the clouds. This description comes from the publisher.
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- 9781432895082
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- 276 pages
Genres: fantasy
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Loved it
Loved itPiranesi, I read this in one sitting. I could not put it down. The writing of this is just stunning.
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Not a fanI felt like everyone on the internet praised this book, and for me, I just I didn't like it.
Loved itIt's a nearly perfect book. And actually, I think it might be a perfect book. ... It's a divine experience to me.
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Loved itBut if I talked about how my mind was blown by Piranessi, by Susan Clark, or how deeply Radio Silence by Ellis Oman impacted me, I could see people's eyes glaze over because they weren't familiar with those names.
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Loved itPureie I love.
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Loved itBut it's just so lyrical and beautifully written and there's so much to it for being what is quite a short book. It really packs a punch. I have thought about it quite regularly since I read it.
Loved itI thought Piranesi was going to be like that. It's a little bit darker. It has like a slant of dark academia in it, and it's quite funny. I highly recommend it, flawless execution, I would say.
Loved itThis is a very Whimsical Charming book Susanna Clark's Pros is so smooth. I really enjoyed pazi I wouldn't say that I fell in love with it.
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Loved itthis was also in my top reads of 2024 really enjoyed it's a short book ... I'm still pretty kg about details because just read it
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Loved itit is phenomenal this is exactly the type of story I love ... this is a perfect book to me in the sense that it feels exactly how I want to feel while I read a book
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Loved itI really enjoyed it and I had a great time
Loved itI just loved piranesi so much this is such a weird wonderful glorious book
Loved itit is just a wild tale a wild tale because you know that there's something else here you're just not certain what it is it's so good
Loved itwas a huge surprise so very different from clarks jonathan strange and mr laurel but truly engaging truly stimulating and captivating and frankly quite touching
Loved itWhat a strange peculiar and singular book this is. It's not like anything else I've ever read, like at all. … And this is a masterpiece.
Loved itpiranesi is one of my favorite books because it really made me think and i was kind of actively engaged in this novel ... susannah clark plays me so well like at the beginning i'm just as in awe of this world as piranesi is
Loved itthis book has perfect execution it also turned out to be a kind of story that i love one in which you uncover like this secret or hidden or partially erased history through notebooks and journals and letters and remnants of research