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A review by sharki1998
The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio De Maria
4.0
This a weird one and a little tough to review because it's the kind of book that's more about vibes and mood than storytelling. There's not much of a story here. A bunch of weird shit happened a few years ago with regard to a mysterious shared "library" and the main character tries to understand what it all meant and why it happened. Except, he doesn't try very hard and he never really gets any answers. So, if you go into this book expecting a traditional mystery-type narrative you're going to be disappointed.
That being said, there's still a lot to enjoy in this work and it's a quick read. There's some beautiful language, some very creepy atmosphere, and an intriguing premise. But what really makes this work so remarkable and recommendable is how De Maria was able to predict the post-Internet world with his idea of a shared "library" where people document and share their lives and how it drove people insane. It's really astonishing how prescient this book is considering it was written long before the modern Internet was a gleam in Google's eye.
That being said, there's still a lot to enjoy in this work and it's a quick read. There's some beautiful language, some very creepy atmosphere, and an intriguing premise. But what really makes this work so remarkable and recommendable is how De Maria was able to predict the post-Internet world with his idea of a shared "library" where people document and share their lives and how it drove people insane. It's really astonishing how prescient this book is considering it was written long before the modern Internet was a gleam in Google's eye.