A review by one4ale
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

4.0

4.5 stars

A fun and fulfilling read, no fat and all story. I think that's one of the book's best strengths, that it never feels contrived or meanders around a plot point for the sake of dragging it out. This can be read in one sitting and you'd be engaged the whole way through.

I really liked the concept of the Labyrinth, and the worldbuilding in this is similarly well done. My issue with this, and why it's not a 5,

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is that the Halls didn't really feel explored. They could've been a real alt-dimension or a hallucination and it wouldn't have changed much. The rituals and magic regarding it all are hardly explored either. It makes it feel like a secondary aspect of the story instead of the focal point.