alclark 's review for:

The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

3.5

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I was pulled in and charmed by the author’s style. She writes as if she’s texting a friend but weaves in beautiful descriptive passages. The plot kept me intrigued but I was hoping for a more complicated mystery and/or a bigger twist. Clearly I read a lot of dark fiction because it was certainly a shocking twist but one that felt too simple and not very fleshed out to me. Always a nice little nod to the reader when an author inserts themself so much in fiction. 

Edit: I started reading Heart of Darkness and finally understood the skull measuring reference!