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chasingholden's review against another edition
4.0
The Book of Mirrors is a beautifully written story within a story within a story unlike any I've come across before. The stories are elegantly blended with each other and the author did a fantastic job of ensuring the writing style/tone shifted with each narrator which is something that is usually overlooked by authors trying to pull off a story such as this one. That alone made me love this story and gave me a strong appreciation for E.O. Chirovici
This is not your average quick and dirty whodunit novel. This is more of a lovely piece of literature that happens to be mind bending, with a 25 year old unsolved murder case and the rush to piece together the real story behind it all giving it a psychological mystery air. But make no mistakes, it is definitely a literary story that is very much worth your time, as long as you understand what kind of book you're picking up (or have no expectations such as I hadn't when I picked it up)
Don't let a few negative reviews keep you from picking this up. No book is for everyone but you may regret not at least finding out for yourself the delights hidden among the pages of The Book of Mirrors.
This is not your average quick and dirty whodunit novel. This is more of a lovely piece of literature that happens to be mind bending, with a 25 year old unsolved murder case and the rush to piece together the real story behind it all giving it a psychological mystery air. But make no mistakes, it is definitely a literary story that is very much worth your time, as long as you understand what kind of book you're picking up (or have no expectations such as I hadn't when I picked it up)
Don't let a few negative reviews keep you from picking this up. No book is for everyone but you may regret not at least finding out for yourself the delights hidden among the pages of The Book of Mirrors.
kruemelgizmo's review against another edition
4.0
Literaturagent Peter Katz erhält von dem Autor Richard Flynn ein Manuskript über die Ermordung des Professors Joseph Wieder in Princeton. Der Fall wurde nie aufgeklärt und Katz ist von dem Manuskript sofort fasziniert. Bald vermutet Katz, dass der unheilbar kranke Autor den Mord gestehen oder den Täter enthüllen will, aber der Text endet abrupt. Als Katz den Autor kontaktieren möchte, ist dieser bereits verstorben und das Ende der Geschichte unauffindbar. Katz setzt alles daran herauszufinden was geschehen ist…..
Das Buch der Spiegel von E. O. Chirovici
Dieses Buch war für mich durch die Erzählweise ein recht ungewöhnlicher Krimi. Die Geschichte gliedert sich in drei Teile, die jeweils eine andere Betrachtungsweise auf die Geschehnisse der Ermordung des Professors Wieder aufzeigen. Die verschiedenen Protagonisten haben jeder für sich ihre eigene Geschichte zu den Ereignissen der damaligen Tat, die doch sehr unterschiedlich ausfallen, dadurch kann ein Leser immer wieder neue Theorien entwerfen, wer denn nun der Täter ist.
Der Aufbau der Geschichte hat mir wirklich gut gefallen, die verschiedenen Erzählungen der verschiedenen Protagonisten damals in Princeton, konnten mich für sich einnehmen und ließen bis zur Auflösung am Ende genügend Spielraum für Spekulationen. Die Spannung stand für mich in diesem Buch nicht im Vordergrund und war auch für mein persönliches Empfinden nur zwischendurch da, sondern die verschiedenen „Wahrheiten“ und die verschiedenen Persönlichkeiten die sie erzählten, machten für mich den besonderen Reiz der Geschichte aus.
Einzig das sich der Stil bei den verschiedenen Teilen, die aus der Sicht doch recht unterschiedlicher Protagonisten geschildert werden, sich untereinander nicht unterscheiden, empfand ich ein wenig schade.
Mein Fazit:
Eine interessanter Krimi, der mir gut gefallen hat.
Das Buch der Spiegel von E. O. Chirovici
Dieses Buch war für mich durch die Erzählweise ein recht ungewöhnlicher Krimi. Die Geschichte gliedert sich in drei Teile, die jeweils eine andere Betrachtungsweise auf die Geschehnisse der Ermordung des Professors Wieder aufzeigen. Die verschiedenen Protagonisten haben jeder für sich ihre eigene Geschichte zu den Ereignissen der damaligen Tat, die doch sehr unterschiedlich ausfallen, dadurch kann ein Leser immer wieder neue Theorien entwerfen, wer denn nun der Täter ist.
Der Aufbau der Geschichte hat mir wirklich gut gefallen, die verschiedenen Erzählungen der verschiedenen Protagonisten damals in Princeton, konnten mich für sich einnehmen und ließen bis zur Auflösung am Ende genügend Spielraum für Spekulationen. Die Spannung stand für mich in diesem Buch nicht im Vordergrund und war auch für mein persönliches Empfinden nur zwischendurch da, sondern die verschiedenen „Wahrheiten“ und die verschiedenen Persönlichkeiten die sie erzählten, machten für mich den besonderen Reiz der Geschichte aus.
Einzig das sich der Stil bei den verschiedenen Teilen, die aus der Sicht doch recht unterschiedlicher Protagonisten geschildert werden, sich untereinander nicht unterscheiden, empfand ich ein wenig schade.
Mein Fazit:
Eine interessanter Krimi, der mir gut gefallen hat.
littlemiss_grumpy93's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
maartjeida's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
miss_cat's review against another edition
3.0
Had me going for quite a while there, but then it just petered off into a series of equally implausible scenarios.
thereadingiris's review against another edition
3.0
Un whodunit agréable, sans réel grand suspens, mais bien construit.
jasminsbuchwelt's review against another edition
3.0
Ich weiß nicht was ich nun Glauben soll. Auch wenn am Ende alles aufgeklärt wurde, wer weiß ob es falsche Erinnerungen sind.
drea_design's review against another edition
4.0
I received this book from a Goodreads giveaway.
It was an interesting plot that keeps you guessing at every turn. It reminded me a bit of an Agatha Christie novel.
It was an interesting plot that keeps you guessing at every turn. It reminded me a bit of an Agatha Christie novel.
kirkw1972's review against another edition
2.0
I nearly gave this book up a quarter of the way through but seeing as the majority of Goodreads reviews were 4 or 5 stars I decided to keep trying and finish it. I really wished I'd given up. As with a lot of the books I review I received a free ARC from netgalley for an honest review. When you send to kindle every now and again the formatting goes wonky and sentences and paragraphs will have breaks in odd places. This however seemed to have had no proof reading done to it whatsoever. Around 90% of the capital letters were missing which made an already un-enjoyable book that much harder.
One of the other issues was language. The author is Romanian and this is his first English language novel. And for me it really showed. The book is split into three parts, each moving the story on from the point of view of Katz the agent, a journalist and a retired policeman who worked the original murder. They are all written in first person and all have the same tone and pitch; the result being each character blended into one and I found it quite easy to forget who I was reading about. On top of the lack of capital letters this book became really unreadable.
The sad thing is the actual premise is a good one. Richard Flynn sends a book proposal to a literary agent which could lead to the solving of a 30 year old murder. This sets the above three mentioned characters on a mission to eventually find out whodunnit. The twist wasn't bad and as someone who has a keen interest in mental health issues I found the parts around retrograde amnesia really interesting.
Overall I think a lot more could have been done with this book and even just sorting out the language and grammar would have moved it up another star. A real shame
One of the other issues was language. The author is Romanian and this is his first English language novel. And for me it really showed. The book is split into three parts, each moving the story on from the point of view of Katz the agent, a journalist and a retired policeman who worked the original murder. They are all written in first person and all have the same tone and pitch; the result being each character blended into one and I found it quite easy to forget who I was reading about. On top of the lack of capital letters this book became really unreadable.
The sad thing is the actual premise is a good one. Richard Flynn sends a book proposal to a literary agent which could lead to the solving of a 30 year old murder. This sets the above three mentioned characters on a mission to eventually find out whodunnit. The twist wasn't bad and as someone who has a keen interest in mental health issues I found the parts around retrograde amnesia really interesting.
Overall I think a lot more could have been done with this book and even just sorting out the language and grammar would have moved it up another star. A real shame