A review by moonandmadness
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I thoroughly enjoyed this collection; Ghosts was my least favourite of the three, and between City of Glass and The Locked Room, I narrowly preferred the latter. Auster has managed to capture the spirit of the crime genre in the oddest way possible - I would call this parodic and yet it seems entirely serious. I enjoyed all the dead-ends and oddities; I think it did a fantastic job of subverting the reader's expectations of the genre, and despite being maddening and mostly inexplicable, was very engaging.
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