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zoes_human's review
2.0
A philosophical novel with a play-like ambiance. It's an interesting look at society from an unexpected perspective.
I would strongly recommend that the formatting for Kindle be reviewed and for it to receive another careful edit. The issues are minor ones (such as a he that should be a the), but they detract from the work by forcing the reader out of the carefully created atmosphere.
I would strongly recommend that the formatting for Kindle be reviewed and for it to receive another careful edit. The issues are minor ones (such as a he that should be a the), but they detract from the work by forcing the reader out of the carefully created atmosphere.
kingjason's review
4.0
It took me a little while to figure out what was going on in this book, there seems to be so many characters that I did struggle to get into the story. After about 30 pages things settled down and it turns out there wasn't as many as I thought... so 1* star rating for this reader.
The story itself is very clever, I had no idea how things were going to play out, but once you get to the end and the moral is revealed you end up going "aaahhhhhhhhh I see". It is really well written, brilliant dark humour and some of the most despicable characters I've ever come across in one book. A fantastic début novel and I'm looking forward to reading Mary's next book.
Blog review is here> https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/how-to-sew-pieces-of-cloud-together-by-mary-papastavrou/
The story itself is very clever, I had no idea how things were going to play out, but once you get to the end and the moral is revealed you end up going "aaahhhhhhhhh I see". It is really well written, brilliant dark humour and some of the most despicable characters I've ever come across in one book. A fantastic début novel and I'm looking forward to reading Mary's next book.
Blog review is here> https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/how-to-sew-pieces-of-cloud-together-by-mary-papastavrou/
emmajaye's review
2.0
The title is very apt, as I did indeed feel like I was trying to sew clouds together in an attempt to make sense of this novel. I kept thinking that it would start to make sense at some point and then it ended.
The cast of characters consists of criminals, many of them psychopaths and all of them violent to a greater or lesser extent, including rapists, paedophiles and murderers who are being trained by a mad scientist to rule the world. The two prison inspectors also had psychological issues including manic depression and nymphomania. All the components for an excellent dark comedy, but for me, it didn’t come together.
It is set in Britain, but even as a Brit, born and bred, none of the phrasing made a great deal of sense, despite all the characters also being British. Additionally, the story was hampered by strange changes of tense, points of view, odd punctuation, odd word choices and page long sentences. Then again, I can say, hand on heart, that I couldn’t write a book in Greek that is set in Greece either. Kudos to the author for making the opposite attempt.
I recommend making use of the ‘look inside’ feature before reading. From the favourable reviews it has received, it appears that this one is a ‘Marmite’ book, you’re either going to love it or hate it.
The cast of characters consists of criminals, many of them psychopaths and all of them violent to a greater or lesser extent, including rapists, paedophiles and murderers who are being trained by a mad scientist to rule the world. The two prison inspectors also had psychological issues including manic depression and nymphomania. All the components for an excellent dark comedy, but for me, it didn’t come together.
It is set in Britain, but even as a Brit, born and bred, none of the phrasing made a great deal of sense, despite all the characters also being British. Additionally, the story was hampered by strange changes of tense, points of view, odd punctuation, odd word choices and page long sentences. Then again, I can say, hand on heart, that I couldn’t write a book in Greek that is set in Greece either. Kudos to the author for making the opposite attempt.
I recommend making use of the ‘look inside’ feature before reading. From the favourable reviews it has received, it appears that this one is a ‘Marmite’ book, you’re either going to love it or hate it.
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