A review by strombolibones
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

4.0

 

On one hand this was a very impressive piece of writing with some heavy themes that I (for once) picked up on. They're unfortunately rife with spoilers so:

FULL SPOILERS

Themes like Dissociative identity Disorder/Stockholm Syndrome, Trauma, and Plato's Allegory of the Cave.

On the other hand, I've definitely seen this type of story done before. Specifically, in one particular piece of media that I won't name because it's one of my favorites and it would spoil both of them if I did. IYKYK.

So unfortunately that tends to take away from my experience, especially when the other piece of media does it better (imo).

Still, this was really good, I enjoyed myself, it just lost me a bit in the falling action, mostly because of the comparison that I couldn't help to make. 

Chiwetel Ejiofor absolutely crushed the narration, too.