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nebraskanwriter's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Physical abuse
yaoipaddle's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I liked the book but I didn’t like the beginning. It took me until 28% to be interested in it. It took me a while and tbh still was hard to read Piranesi’s rambles at times. But the mystery was good and kept me hooked and interested in wanting to learn more. I liked how conflict and mystery was handled and balanced. I also liked Piranesi as a character!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Child death, and Mental illness
Minor: Blood and Violence
fourfootedbeasts's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Violence
paracosmicmess's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Slavery, Classism, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Murder
macklovesmusic's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Violence
jessicaa_'s review
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Cursing
Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, and Grief
Minor: Blood and Child death
mathii's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
this made me feel warm and comforted and realise that our world maybe never will fulfill what we want from it
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; it’s kindness infinite.
<33
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; it’s kindness infinite.
<33
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence
chrisljm's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Despite the short length of the book, it is a slow start full of world building. However once you get past that it is so incredibly captivating, and I come to realize how amazing the world building is. Although Piranesi isn’t the only character, he is pretty much the only character you see majority of the time, but even so he’s engaging and the storytelling is fantastic, immersive, and so unique. I loved how soft the fantasy elements were and the way the novel was structured. Basically everything that I found slightly confusing at first were all things that I came to appreciate and really enjoy.
I think Susanna Clarke deserved the awards she got for this book, and I understand why I heard so much praise for it, but I can also see how this book wouldn’t be for every type of reader. Luckily, I enjoyed it immensely and I found that this is the type of story that lingers and leaves a lot to think on afterwards. One of them being that personally, I would love to see The House because to Me it sounded beautiful despite its solitude. I also think it would be interesting to see how other readers viewed The House, in a personality test type of way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Vomit
Minor: Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture
unoriginalinspiration's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
“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. Perhaps that is what Raphael means.”
Strange, Erratic, Weirdly interesting and constructed like a fever dream, Piranesi takes you on a journey of a world riddled with symbolic imagery in the midst of a plot which takes a while to reveal itself, but is well worth the wait. This, extremely fast read, will leave you thinking about your place in the world, and the connections you form with the people around you. The concept of sanity and intelligence being a fickle thing terrifies me, and the book portrays it in a beautifully tragic light.
Overall, this was a book I thoroughly enjoyed, and would highly recommend to someone looking for a quick and quirky read.
Trigger Warnings: Kidnapping, Confinement, Gaslighting, Death, Mental Illness, Gun violence, Attempted murder, Cults, Drowning, Emotional abuse, Skeletons.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Confinement, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Murder, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Violence
writtenontheflyleaves's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-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 by Susanna Clarke 🌊
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Really in my @novelspots cosplay for this pic 🤪
🌊 The plot: Piranesi lives in the House. Maybe he always has. Countless statues line the walls, clouds roll in the upper storey and Tides crash in the basement. The House is the World and vice versa. It is Piranesi's job to explore the World and report what he finds to the Other, the only other person to visit the House - but when chalk messages start to appear for him on the pavements and he revisits his old journals, Piranesi begins to doubt everything he thought he knew about this world and his place in it.
I went into this book knowing very little about it, and that's the way I think it's best experienced. I had no idea what was going on for the first half, but unlike a lot of similar stories I didn't find it hard to get through at all - I never had the sense that it wasn't going anywhere, or that it was trying to be too clever.
Piranesi is a delightful narrator, full of wonder and openness to the world that endears you to him straight away. I really don't want to give too much away about the plot because I think this book so rewards an open mind, but I will say that it muses beautifully on the relationship between loneliness and hope. It asks us who we are when we are alone, looking at solitude not only as a kind of bereavement, but as an opportunity for creating meaning for ourselves, for other kinds of companionship. Above all it asks how we might create a conversation with the world around us by looking for the ways it has made itself ready to our hands. It's a book that's full of hope and loss, and that understands that those things more often than not coexist and even rely on one another.
🌊 Read if you love Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, hopeful novels with a bit of mystery, or if you're feeling lonely and want a bright companion.
🚫 Avoid it if you're looking for a very high-concept fantasy or sci fi read - this is quite gentle!
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Really in my @novelspots cosplay for this pic 🤪
🌊 The plot: Piranesi lives in the House. Maybe he always has. Countless statues line the walls, clouds roll in the upper storey and Tides crash in the basement. The House is the World and vice versa. It is Piranesi's job to explore the World and report what he finds to the Other, the only other person to visit the House - but when chalk messages start to appear for him on the pavements and he revisits his old journals, Piranesi begins to doubt everything he thought he knew about this world and his place in it.
I went into this book knowing very little about it, and that's the way I think it's best experienced. I had no idea what was going on for the first half, but unlike a lot of similar stories I didn't find it hard to get through at all - I never had the sense that it wasn't going anywhere, or that it was trying to be too clever.
Piranesi is a delightful narrator, full of wonder and openness to the world that endears you to him straight away. I really don't want to give too much away about the plot because I think this book so rewards an open mind, but I will say that it muses beautifully on the relationship between loneliness and hope. It asks us who we are when we are alone, looking at solitude not only as a kind of bereavement, but as an opportunity for creating meaning for ourselves, for other kinds of companionship. Above all it asks how we might create a conversation with the world around us by looking for the ways it has made itself ready to our hands. It's a book that's full of hope and loss, and that understands that those things more often than not coexist and even rely on one another.
🌊 Read if you love Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, hopeful novels with a bit of mystery, or if you're feeling lonely and want a bright companion.
🚫 Avoid it if you're looking for a very high-concept fantasy or sci fi read - this is quite gentle!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Confinement
Minor: Death and Violence