A review by mav_ka
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

It's an interesting story that you can get through in ~4 hours. Trying to piece together the situation from Piranesi's incomplete memory was a fun task. For such a magical setting (a house with an ocean inside it! Neverending staircases! Mysterious statues!), the prose did not quite reflect the magic of the place; I've read stories that did a better job of immersing yourself in the world with prose alone, hence the lower rating. 

But overall this was a fun puzzle to unravel, and a great buddy read because there is a lot you can talk about for this book. Recommend.