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To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
slow-paced
This was a re-read - I read it for the first time more than twenty years ago. I saw it mentioned on social media, remembered vaguely that I'd loved it, and downloaded it to read again.
Never go back to the books you loved twenty years ago!
It's still a good story, but the moment a certain character was mentioned, I remembered the plot twist towards the end relating to him, and although there was a certain pleasure in noting how cleverly the writer hid his importance in plain sight, the whole book was still spoilered.
If you've never read this before... enjoy! There's something of a slow start, but persevere beyond the first chapter and you'll be richly rewarded. Chapter 3 is still a marvel of how to condense a lot of worldbuilding and exposition into a tense and forward-moving story. I promise that the complications of complications sort themselves out, and the technical stuff eventually makes sense.
Never go back to the books you loved twenty years ago!
It's still a good story, but the moment a certain character was mentioned, I remembered the plot twist towards the end relating to him, and although there was a certain pleasure in noting how cleverly the writer hid his importance in plain sight, the whole book was still spoilered.
If you've never read this before... enjoy! There's something of a slow start, but persevere beyond the first chapter and you'll be richly rewarded. Chapter 3 is still a marvel of how to condense a lot of worldbuilding and exposition into a tense and forward-moving story. I promise that the complications of complications sort themselves out, and the technical stuff eventually makes sense.