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ginnikin's review
5.0
This was such a good book. The characters are interesting and flawed and complex (except the ones who aren't supposed to be complex). The plot & setting are the perfect media for delivering the character development of the story. It's technically a mystery, but you don't have to like mysteries to like this.
It's technically the beginning of a trilogy. This book is complete on its own, and I have chosen to pretend that subsequent books don't exist. But that's my own bias.
It's technically the beginning of a trilogy. This book is complete on its own, and I have chosen to pretend that subsequent books don't exist. But that's my own bias.
siobhanward's review
dark
slow-paced
2.0
So most reviews that I can see are highly favourable, so I really thought that maybe I missed something with this book. Then I came across one that said that this book dragged on and on and then didn't really end - so I'm glad someone else felt the same way I did!
This book was not really for me. It just seemed to go on so long and there were so many characters to keep track of and it felt like nothing really happened, and then the ending was really a non-ending. So that was all a bit of a bummer!
ovvlish's review against another edition
5.0
This book is probably gonna take me a lot longer to process than the hour I waited between finishing it and writing this blurb, but my god was it good. I was on the edge of my seat through the entire second half or so, but in such a way that I felt as if I was watching a horror movie through my barely-spread fingers; I kept having to put the book down and take breaks.
It's difficult to explain specifically what this book is about without giving too much away, but suffice it to say that it's a painful by satisfying character study. The entire book is satisfying despite the fact that there are probably explanations you could still want from it.
That's all I've got for now, it was so good.
It's difficult to explain specifically what this book is about without giving too much away, but suffice it to say that it's a painful by satisfying character study. The entire book is satisfying despite the fact that there are probably explanations you could still want from it.
That's all I've got for now, it was so good.
robertrubinoff's review against another edition
3.0
I was a little disappointed with this book. I'm not entirely sure why. It was well-written, and the characters were well depicted. I think the plot felt a little heavy - too many things just worked out conveniently. (The whole story starts off with an accidental meeting between two characters in Switzerland - when one of them lives in Boston!) And in particular, I didn't really find it credible that one character would remember nothing of his early life. Furthermore, I think there's a big missing piece in the story - there would have to have been some cover story given to explain what supposedly happened when that character was a child to explain where he ended up, and it was never mentioned. It's not that there couldn't have been something credible - but when his identity was being questioned, then certainly the basis for his assumptions as to who he was would have come up!
So while I enjoyed reading this book, I don't think it lived up to the recommendation I got.
So while I enjoyed reading this book, I don't think it lived up to the recommendation I got.
raehink's review
4.0
Psychologically engaging and fun to read. Prepare to suspend disbelief, however.
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