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A review by alspears
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
5.0
I really feared that this would turn out to be way too gimmicky for me, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the writer's tropes -- the footnotes, parentheticals, literary titles of chapters, etc, really did pan out and work effectively in the story. Sure, Blue comes off as a little more wordly than a high school student should, but then again, she's moved every six months since the age of five, and is presumably writing this from some point in the future.
I'm still processing the end. Suffice it to say, Blue's dad Gareth would judge me as an ugly American for my initial reaction of being pissed off about the lack of neat ending, but I'm now liking it much much more. A neat ending would have probably ruined the book, and it's much more satisfying to still be mulling over the what if three days later.
I'm still processing the end. Suffice it to say, Blue's dad Gareth would judge me as an ugly American for my initial reaction of being pissed off about the lack of neat ending, but I'm now liking it much much more. A neat ending would have probably ruined the book, and it's much more satisfying to still be mulling over the what if three days later.