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A review by tex2flo
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
4.0
This author had A LOT to say and used the brainy narrator and her equally brainy father Gareth to do it. There must have been hundreds, maybe thousands of quotes that the two used between them to argue points and define moments.
It is a very long book that I thought about dropping a couple of times when the plot seemed to stick in place without really making a forward move. The twists came at just that point before I said “no more”. My breakpoint was the volume of references that I didn’t know. Probably you should be a more thoroughly read reader or student to either get the reference or to understand the nuance of meaning.
Regardless, it is packed with teenagers doing what they do—finding obscure and gossip-worthy meaning in a hug or a new haircut.
Be prepared; it is filled with similes.
It is a very long book that I thought about dropping a couple of times when the plot seemed to stick in place without really making a forward move. The twists came at just that point before I said “no more”. My breakpoint was the volume of references that I didn’t know. Probably you should be a more thoroughly read reader or student to either get the reference or to understand the nuance of meaning.
Regardless, it is packed with teenagers doing what they do—finding obscure and gossip-worthy meaning in a hug or a new haircut.
Be prepared; it is filled with similes.