Reviews

The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox

emilyrandolph_epstein's review against another edition

5.0

The Absolute Book is His Dark Materials meets The DaVinci Code with a sprinkling of Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell, if that makes sense. This book was so well-written and well-paced that I positively flew through it despite its length.

elllljayyyy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

t34addict's review against another edition

1.0

DNF.

The first book I've ever DNF'd.

I got 123 pages in and could not grasp the plot, nor did I like any of the characters.

siljeblomst's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

elrose20's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

czara89's review against another edition

4.0

This is such a wild and complicated book that its really hard to explain all my feelings about it. I will say that playing the music The Sixth Station by Joe Hisaishi accompanies the chapter Purgatory so well.

fee_jay's review against another edition

2.0

DNF
It was mildly compelling up until the weird diversion to fairyland in the midst of a contemporary crime drama. Didn’t even get to the bits involving Aotearoa which was annoying, oh well

_cherish's review against another edition

Just couldn't get into it. It sounded so cool and then...it just wasn't.

belacqua's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

pnwlisa's review against another edition

I got bored