A review by missyjohnson
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

2.0

This was a chore for me. I did enjoy the last 200 pages but the first 600 not so much. I don’t know anything about astrology so I have no idea of the significance of the moon being in capricorn or sagitarrius. This book did not even cause me to want to know more either. Maybe if I had then the references may have had more meaning. Missing that aspect may have caused me to lose out. I was also confused with the significance of the dates to a point. I understood the progress for the most part but it did seem as if there were parts that were “back story” that were inserted randomly. All in all I ended up just a bit confused but maybe that was the authors point. As each of us sees only a part of an event from our own perspective it can muddle the overall real story. Unfortunately, either I missed how all of the pieces fit together for this tale or was never meant to be able to tie it up in a neat little package in the end.