A review by noodletime
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

To be fair, I did absolutely fly through this book. The atmospheric work was great and I loved the whole
original narrative with the Dagger Man and everything.
After a certain point it got too convoluted. I did understand what the author was trying to do and the questions she raises through the structure (e.g. who gets to tell a story, what does truth in a story mean anyhow) are intriguing, but I thought it was just complex for complexities' sake and didn't make the book better or more deep. Sadly, because the first part was amazing.
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