A review by maureenr
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

3.0

This is a perfect book to apply Auden's book verdicts structure: "I can see that this is good, but I don't like it." or, in my case, it was fine, I just wasn't enthralled as many of the reviews led me to believe I would be. I can see it is good - Halliday's language is wonderful, with unique descriptions and passages, particularly in the first section. But there is a central conceit that seems to blow everyone away, and the reality is I knew two paragraphs into the second section what was going on, and therefore didn't have the Gone Girl aha moment that others seem to have had. I'm not saying this to show how smart I am, but just saying that I think that colored my enthusiasm and led me to be not as interested in the second part of the book, which is a completely separate story from the first, one which I found much less interesting and honestly kind of ponderous.