wendracolleen 's review for:

Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

4.0

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This book will haunt you. It is my only experience of reading "metafiction" which involves stories within stories. I did not realize this going in, based on the description, so I fell in LOVE with the initial story and really, really wanted to stick with it. That original story was ah-MAZING: it had love, danger, literature, and passion, so much passion! I actually applaud the author's skill in creating metafiction, but I confess, I was very saddened by what happened to the (original) MC. He didn't seem to deserve that fate AT ALL. Nonetheless, this book will come back to me at random times because the characters were so rich and the plot was so complex. Follow the twists if you can in this riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma!