A review by jenheartbooks
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

4.0

It took me 150 or so pages to really get into this book, although the writing was brilliant and extraordinarily insightful. The astrology was utterly lost on me, as I expect it is on most. The deeper I got, the more intrigued I became, though the number of characters caused some confusion. By the last 50 pages it seemed Catton was just anxious to finish, and it felt very rushed. I also apparently missed something (or somethings) because there were a few things that seemed unresolved. Primary among them * SPOILER ALERT*


who killed Carver? I really should give the book 3 stars due to the unsatisfactory ending, but I otherwise enjoyed it so much that I just couldn't.