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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

248 reviews

bookiemadi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Mental illness

crazytourists_books's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

2.0

Now I know how it would feel like if I were high on lsd or magic mushrooms. 
It was different, that's for sure. Different from everything I have ever read. But being different doesn't mean being special. It was a quick read, but lukewarm. With too many repetitions of words and phrases; I understand why, but that doesn't mean it wasn't annoying. And that end... Pffff

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Excrement, and Murder

mim_flowers's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Slavery, Excrement, and Vomit

booksmoviesandstories's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

daniellekat's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

A perfect blend for readers who love character books and readers who love plot books. 
It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that I couldn’t put down. The beginning was confusing and slow, but the writing was worth pushing through. I’m glad I didn’t know much about this going in because I think that really helped me enjoy it and reflect on it. I wasn’t sure about the ending as soon as I had finished, but going back to read it again made me bump up my original rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gun violence and Mental illness

Minor: Violence, Vomit, and Murder

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

The mystery was intense and it had me hooked start to finish. I loved Piranesi as a character, as tragic as he was. It brushed right up against the myth of the Labyrinth, but it wasn't so overt that it felt redundant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Dementia, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

themirrorball's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

i absolutely loved this book. the prose was fantastic, and created a vivid world that i missed whenever i wasn’t reading the book. piranesi is honestly the most pure thing to ever exist, i love him. the pacing of this book was perfect, with just the right combination of world building and plot. towards the end, i could not put it down. this book was definitely an amazing surprise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

thewitchwhoisabook's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

Some of the best writing out there, Piranesi delights as much for its prose as its plot. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness and Toxic friendship

lindsayrae114's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The gaslighting going on in this book could light up the whole damn country for a lifetime. This book made me angry for the main character. I appreciated the way everything unfolded, but it was really difficult to read at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Abandonment