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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

5 reviews

athryn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was really a fascinating book. I had no clue what was going on for a long while, but once things were really clear, I found it to be really moving and ... hard to articulate. But it touched me deeply, and I had tears in my eyes at times. Just a really good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use and Gun violence

ayamaro's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia

allegrabelle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Piranesi was well written and sucked you in with a sensation of being alongside the narrator in a haunted and beautiful place. The parallel set up of both the mysterious universe in which it is set alongside the narrator's small but important interactions felt very real and very important. The author's ability to create suspense and tie in clues throughout the text was well done. 

Enjoyable, fun, with an interesting plot. I would recommend for someone who wants to delve into fantasy but has found some other novels, completely devoid of a connection with our 'reality' more challenging to bite into. The overall plot was interesting, and the conclusion of the novel was still surprising, although not entirely a cliff hanger that carried through to the end of the novel. 

Good dialogue, emotional characters, and a fun haunt. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Torture

emmaparsnips's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use

nyoom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Suicide attempt