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A review by ribbenkast
Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram
Did not finish book. Stopped at 58%.
This book set itself up for failure by comparing itself to books as Piranesi and House of Leaves. In those books, the libarynth is a character upon itself. In this book, the Libarynth is mere underdeveloped set dressing.
I feel like the central premise of this book only works if you care about the main character. But Vik was so deeply apathetic and pretentious she became unbearable. What's worse, I have an inkling the author has based her on herself. She also adds the most basic literary references to base level of Greek mythology and well known Shakespeare plays on every page to no end other than to come across well read.
But sure, the book is short, let's keep reading and see where is goes. The final straw for me was the mention and extremely poor handeling of the real live case of Eliza Lam. Feeding into the deeply disrespectful make-up true crime creepy pasta internet theories. Unacceptable.
I feel like the central premise of this book only works if you care about the main character. But Vik was so deeply apathetic and pretentious she became unbearable. What's worse, I have an inkling the author has based her on herself. She also adds the most basic literary references to base level of Greek mythology and well known Shakespeare plays on every page to no end other than to come across well read.
But sure, the book is short, let's keep reading and see where is goes. The final straw for me was the mention and extremely poor handeling of the real live case of Eliza Lam. Feeding into the deeply disrespectful make-up true crime creepy pasta internet theories. Unacceptable.