A review by gmalboeuf
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
5.0
The first time I took acid I stared into a campfire, surrounded by dark woods and promptly, but quietly, freaked out. I felt like I was watching a hundred lives grow and melt before my eyes and that I was experiencing those lives as well.
That’s how reading Looking Glass Sound made me feel. Ward is a powerful writer. The imagery she conjures of deep water, true crime and the many lives of our characters is so visceral. I could not put it down. I was too completely engrossed in the siren song she crafted.
So massively successful in its bizarre, meta story that it will unfortunately not appeal to everyone. But for the lucky few like myself, who are happy to take the journey, they will become obsessed.
That’s how reading Looking Glass Sound made me feel. Ward is a powerful writer. The imagery she conjures of deep water, true crime and the many lives of our characters is so visceral. I could not put it down. I was too completely engrossed in the siren song she crafted.
So massively successful in its bizarre, meta story that it will unfortunately not appeal to everyone. But for the lucky few like myself, who are happy to take the journey, they will become obsessed.