A review by wyemu
The Solitaire Mystery, by Jostein Gaarder

5.0

As with 'Sophie's World' this novel manages to be an enlightening walk through the mysteries of philosophy and it's many aspects without ever becoming a diatribe. Gaarder makes the debates between the father and son interesting and engaging while maintaining narrative drive and engaging the reader in their quest to find the boy's missing mother. Far from making the novel unbelievable, the fantasmagorical aspects only further the philisophical points being made and the fact that the world we live in and our exsistence in it is an amazing thing. This book reminds me of what I loved about 'Sophie's World' while staying an incredible novel in it's own right.