A review by rehtaehwashere
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

There are books with a slow start, and then there's this one thats almost a no start. The author spents the first 100 pages of a 200 page book describing scenery with almost no story movement/plot momentum going on. This was the first book that I thought about DNFing. The additional 1.5 stars are because once the plot DID come in, it was actually fairly intriguing. Not intriguing enough to make up for the first half of the book, but still intriguing. I wouldn't recommend this one, and I'll think twice before picking up anything else by this author.