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justine_ao 's review for:
Looking Glass Sound
by Catriona Ward
2.5 stars
Ok, so I’m going to be in the minority on this one looks like. At first I was really enjoying this book. I loved the imagery and the whole feverish dreamlike atmosphere being so carefully painted.
Then it turned into a story within a story within a dream within a memory and back again. The whole thing became a kind of metafictional word salad. The device started to take precedence over the characters and the plot and I started to get bored.
A great start that unfortunately ended up unravelling for me. That said, most of my Goodreads friends are giving it 4 or 5 stars, so you should certainly take my experience with a grain of salt.
Ok, so I’m going to be in the minority on this one looks like. At first I was really enjoying this book. I loved the imagery and the whole feverish dreamlike atmosphere being so carefully painted.
Then it turned into a story within a story within a dream within a memory and back again. The whole thing became a kind of metafictional word salad. The device started to take precedence over the characters and the plot and I started to get bored.
A great start that unfortunately ended up unravelling for me. That said, most of my Goodreads friends are giving it 4 or 5 stars, so you should certainly take my experience with a grain of salt.