A review by aroseshaw
The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Read if you like:

🧩 Complex puzzles

🪄 Supernatural elements

💻 Science and Technology 

🫨 Thrillers

 

1️⃣ POV

📍 New York

“When all the horrors of life have revealed themselves, it is beauty that God sends to comfort us.”

After a traumatic brain injury, Mike Brink has the ability to see and construct intricate patterns and puzzles due to acquired savant syndrome. He’s contacted by a psychiatrist whose patient, Jess Price, is serving a thirty year sentence for murder and hasn’t spoken a word since her arrest, but, she’s drawn a puzzle. Mike agrees to help try to solve the puzzle and finds himself in the middle of a quest involving Jewish mysticism, family secrets, and technology. 

This book had so much going on but it worked for me. I loved the wild ride. I’m always fascinated by the intersection of faith/religion and science and this book was an interesting take on The God Puzzle. I’m not familiar Kabbalah so I can’t speak to the accuracy of the concepts presented in the book but I was fascinated. I really enjoyed all the intricate details and how the book was as complex as the puzzles they were trying to solve. I can’t wait to read the next book: The Puzzle Box.