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scottish_kat 's review for:
Gnomon
by Nick Harkaway
I went into this with expecting something that was impenetrable and "worthy". I fully expected to struggle along with it for a few days then give up.
What I got was something really rather special and quite probably my book of the year.
The writing is fluid, poetic and at times very funny. The pacing is perfect - every time i was getting fatigued (it's a big, heavy hardback) something would happen that made me go "woah!" and keep reading.
The characters are all really well defined and the changing relationships between them are brilliant.
The plot is huge, with so many layers of complexity it's impossible to pick up on everything in one reading - there were sections I read a few times and I fully expect to go back and re-read the full thing in the future.
It does take brain cells and focus to understand and enjoy this but at no point does it make you feel stupid or assume you have prior knowledge of anything.
Well worth reading.
What I got was something really rather special and quite probably my book of the year.
The writing is fluid, poetic and at times very funny. The pacing is perfect - every time i was getting fatigued (it's a big, heavy hardback) something would happen that made me go "woah!" and keep reading.
The characters are all really well defined and the changing relationships between them are brilliant.
The plot is huge, with so many layers of complexity it's impossible to pick up on everything in one reading - there were sections I read a few times and I fully expect to go back and re-read the full thing in the future.
It does take brain cells and focus to understand and enjoy this but at no point does it make you feel stupid or assume you have prior knowledge of anything.
Well worth reading.