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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

93 reviews

stephaniepihlkrarup's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Piranesi is the new literary love of my life. It is profound and wonderful. It reads like a classic — one which your soul has read many times before - one you might expect to find hidden away, with an inscription on the first page, gifting to an ancestor of yours, by an ancestor of theirs. 
This book is nothing like what I expected but everything I had hoped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Slavery, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

adverb17's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

"Perhaps that is what it is like being with other people. Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not."

Immersive. Baffling. Brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Excrement, Vomit, and Kidnapping

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

This is a relatively short book. How did all the action start only at like 50% (if not 75%)? At first I was hooked. I liked the dream-like atmosphere, mistery, and vibes. But. This action thing started just before me dnf ing this. At some point (second cuarter?)i got annoyed by piranesi’s innosence. Even the action started slowly and built itself up. Then down again.. i wouldnt recommend spending your time on this. Read a spoilary discussion somewhere if you must. There are much better things out there. If there were any plot twists at all I predicted them already. Yes the 6th and 7th parts are nice. But still. Dissapointment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Gun violence and Vomit

Very big endless spaces.

hanz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Vomit

elysekimberly's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

    I feel like this is a a pretty contradictory book. Things were over explained at some points and under explained at others. When I started this book I was honestly really confused. It took a while for me to get into this book. It seemed like I was given too much detail about structural things, but what was happening in the plot is completely in the dark. Unimportant things were clear while valuable things were not.
     Despite the confusion I had, it was also somehow predictable. For a book that prides itself on being mysterious, the characters weren’t hard to read. I knew who was bad pretty early on. I don’t know how a book can posesa both of these characteristics at once, but this book did.  
     This very much felt like a book that you want to have a conversation about, but not exactly in a good way. It was just so strange, so it’s hard for me to summarize my feelings about this book. I feel like if I were to read this book again, I would still finish the book and wonder what I just read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

meagangrace's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was Great! I found myself so caught up in the mind of Piranesi. I think that the setting of the book would have been really boring if it wasn't for him. I loved seeing the world through his eyes. He showed so much compassion and empathy for others, even the birds, even if they had not been kind to him. 
I did not realize going into this that it would unfold like a mystery and it was great!
I loved the ending most. It played out slow and treated him very patiently. Letting him work things out for himself. I think the author did an amazing job characterizing him. He saw the world in a way that was completely believable for a person who had not experienced any other reality. That is very impressive for a fantasy world.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping

Minor: Death, Blood, and Vomit

youreawizardjerry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

tyrannosaurus_lex's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was not what I was expecting and I’m so glad I stuck with it. I definitely feel the need to re-read it again soon so I can better process the experience. Highly recommend!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

morgcxn's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

madmantha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Stalking, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Deadnaming, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, and Trafficking

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