foofoo231 's review for:

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

5.0

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I was sad to be done! Not to say I thought this was the perfect book, but I really enjoyed it, AND recommended it to my dad, who's picky. I thought the way it was constructed was pretty ingenious, and loved how everything really came together. Not meeting the actual main characters for the first third of the book is a pretty interesting way to proceed, and finding out what actually occurred before finding out anything about why or how is a pretty interesting mode of storytelling. The problem, though, with reading such a unique book is of course that there won't be another one like this for me to read, and I'm not sure if this one will lend itself to a second read-through, as the way the plot unfolds to an unsuspecting reader is one of the best parts, like being a part of the story. All in all, pretty highly recommended.