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A review by nataliestorozhenko
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
5.0
I loved this book. So beautiful and intriguing. I read the first part of the book looking for clues in statues, descriptions of the halls, the numbers of the halls, tides, and stuff like that. I noticed some cool references from the statues which were entertaining. I just love how this magnificent design of the House plays with your mind. And the writing is immaculate:
I quite didn't expect the turn the book took further on. The feeling I got while reading toward the end was very similar to the feeling I got from the House of Leaves but in a good way. I guess haunting is a good word for it. I really admired the kind personality of the main character and appreciated his respect towards people, life, and the House, no matter the grim circumstances he faced. Which made the ending so beautiful and hopeful.
Definitely worth reading!
"Is it disrespectful to the House to love some Statues more than others? I sometimes ask Myself this question. It is my belief that the House itself loves and blesses equally everything that it has created. Should I try to do the same? Yet, at the same time, I can see that it is in the nature of men to prefer one thing to another, to find one thing more meaningful than another."
I quite didn't expect the turn the book took further on. The feeling I got while reading toward the end was very similar to the feeling I got from the House of Leaves but in a good way. I guess haunting is a good word for it. I really admired the kind personality of the main character and appreciated his respect towards people, life, and the House, no matter the grim circumstances he faced. Which made the ending so beautiful and hopeful.
Definitely worth reading!