A review by kyleofbooks
The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen

3.0

I was extremely enthused to read this when a friend recommended it ("If you loved 'The Secret History', then you'll really love this..."), although, in the end, I found it mildly quirky and charming, with a couple of mysteries thrown in, but altogether missing something I just can't quite articulate.

The magical realism was done well (and I admit to being a sucker for it), the writing translated spectacularly from its native language, and I found one of the resolved 'little mystery' at the end sweet and pleasantly surprising, but I have a bit of a gripe with the lack of answers as to the main mystery.

Maybe I'm missing something, or didn't fully comprehend the symbolism in the text, but there was absolutely no resolution to it. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for ambiguity and literature not giving away all the answers, but this one was major for me. I invested so much time in soaking up every morsel, every minutiae detail, only to be left standing in the proverbial cold at the end with not even a hint as to what the answer was.

All in all, an OK read; Not good, not great...just OK.