A review by eowyndoodles
Gnomon by Nick Harkaway

3.0

This book was weird. I liked it, but it was very odd and I am not sure how I feel about it, and am also not 100% sure what happened. The writing was delightful (I especially liked the Berihun Bekele story) and the concept was intriguing. I feel like there were more layers and puzzles than I unravelled but also more than I felt like unravelling, which I think was also probably why I am not rating this book higher. I think it really wanted you to work at the puzzles and unravelling the meaning in between each layer, and maybe take time to think about it, and that is not really my preferred leisure reading style, so it was a slight mismatch. I'm still glad I read it, though.