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A review by scarlettletters
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
4.0
Another book from the io9 top 20.
This book is basically like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the movie; I haven't read the story). Max Tivoli ages backwards. It is pretty dark at times, but I enjoyed reading it. The author managed to combine character development and historical description with a quick-moving plot. I wouldn't say I loved it, but I've liked it more than most of the other books on the list. I especially liked the time period in which it was set (1880s-1930). Of course, a story like this can't end well, but I didn't have the same sense of imminent doom I did when I read the Time Traveler's Wife. It's more a bittersweet story than super happy or gut-wrenchingly painful.
This book is basically like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the movie; I haven't read the story). Max Tivoli ages backwards. It is pretty dark at times, but I enjoyed reading it. The author managed to combine character development and historical description with a quick-moving plot. I wouldn't say I loved it, but I've liked it more than most of the other books on the list. I especially liked the time period in which it was set (1880s-1930). Of course, a story like this can't end well, but I didn't have the same sense of imminent doom I did when I read the Time Traveler's Wife. It's more a bittersweet story than super happy or gut-wrenchingly painful.