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The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai

3.0

I get that the "telling a story in reverse" was what was supposed to make this story so unique and special, but it just fell flat for me. It almost reads like a mystery because there are a lot of unanswered questions in the first half that get filled in later. I will say it frequently took me out of the book because I kept thinking "this will be probably mean something in an earlier time." The end result for me was a lot of undeveloped stuff at the beginning that ended up feeling weak. For me, the book would have been more interesting if it went in chronological order. As an example, the contents of the attic wouldn't have been a mystery, but I think it would have been more meaningful. Just my opinion. I think the author is talented. I liked the sections on their own, I just didn't like this construct.