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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

19 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

Despite the short length of the book, it is a slow start full of world building. However once you get past that it is so incredibly captivating, and I come to realize how amazing the world building is. Although Piranesi isn’t the only character, he is pretty much the only character you see majority of the time, but even so he’s engaging and the storytelling is fantastic, immersive, and so unique. I loved how soft the fantasy elements were and the way the novel was structured. Basically everything that I found slightly confusing at first were all things that I came to appreciate and really enjoy. 

I think Susanna Clarke deserved the awards she got for this book, and I understand why I heard so much praise for it, but I can also see how this book wouldn’t be for every type of reader. Luckily, I enjoyed it immensely and I found that this is the type of story that lingers and leaves a lot to think on afterwards. One of them being that personally, I would love to see The House because to Me it sounded beautiful despite its solitude. I also think it would be interesting to see how other readers viewed The House, in a personality test type of way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, and Blood

woweewhoa's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Read this as my first book of 2022 and was really surprised. Its a story about a House that is Alive and Haunted(by the same thing that make it Alive). It is doing things with motives so far away from our own perception of things, that its a character in its own right.
This book is written Very well and the way it unweaves the mystery is expertly done revealing things to both the reader and our Protagonist at different times which got be really excited and at the edge of my seat to read more.
Its a short read, and after it establishes itself in the first/part of the second part, it goes for the races. I paced myself through this book through the past week, and that felt like a good course of action. The ending of each part kinda felt like the ending on a tv show.
This kinda got away from me, but if you want to read a story thought a limited first person view about A Place that is Alive, people trying to interact with that place in so many different ways, that ends up with a very interesting view of how identity exists and is formed, I Definitely recommend this book. Glad I started the new year with it :^)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Suicide, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

blissofalife's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

A little bizarre, Susanna Clark has created a vivid world full of thoughts. I don’t think I could fully explain the plot if I tried.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Suicide

jennikreads's review against another edition

challenging mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide

maddiebusick's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

keen's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide, Blood, and Excrement

5aru's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I honestly don't know what to say that will do this book justice. It is truly an experience to watch the protagonist's evolving process of thought and perception of his own identity through his writing, which he attempts to keep scientific and methodical. It is a wonderful metaphor and, at the same time, a wistful story; a reflection on the self and its relationship to the world, and also a mysterious tale about a curious character who inhabits a seemingly magical labyrinth. The pacing is perfect - you find things out slowly, but not slowly enough that it becomes boring; it is well thought-out and the story's development, as well as the reactions it elicits from Piranesi, is exquisite. I really have nothing but praise for Ms Clarke - she'd already done it with Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and she has done it yet again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Suicide and Excrement

kenchingfox's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

sophieanne's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide