Just wow, finally got around to reading this book and finished it way quicker than I expected.
I can say that this is a the first modern book I’ve read that I can say with 100% certainty will be considered a classic in the future.
I won’t go into the plot because people need to read it and understand how good it is and that I have now become an evangelist for Piranese
by Greedy_Highlight3009
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I hated this book so much lol
Also it’s “Piranesi”
Among the books that feels like magic is unfolding in my hands. I almost could smell rocks breathing and the salt from the sea while reading this one.
I just read it for the second time! Really adore this one, so well crafted.
Welcome to the club!!!!
Have you read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell?
Same! I finished it in 2 days, I couldn’t put it down. Finished it on New Year’s Day!
Absolutely loved this book. One of my favorites
I enjoyed it but it leaned very hard on atmosphere and had a pretty slow burn plot. If you enjoyed the picture the book painted you liked it, and if you like books that are a bit more briskly paced it can be a bit dull. I finished it, partly because side I liked her earlier books and did like the sense of magical wonder she squeezed out of her infinite labyrinth but I did find it pretty slow.
Piranesi feels like a book that rewires how you experience space while reading. It is not just the setting that lingers, but the quiet intimacy with the character’s mind. I remember finishing it and feeling strangely calm and unsettled at the same time, like I had been somewhere vast and sacred and did not fully understand it yet. Very few books manage that.
I don’t know about 100% certainty that it will be considered a classic in the future, but I really enjoyed the book.
Read it in november, book club suggested it
I was leaving in labyrinth 🧐
I genuinely don’t get people’s obssesion with this book.
The first half was pretty interesting I’ll give you that. However when we learn of the kidnapping (can’t remember it too well, it’s been some time) I was like wait… this can’t be so simple and half-assed, can it? It had good potential but got butchered.
I thought it was very well crafted, but lacking some emotional depth and excitement. A tad overrated imo but good overall.
Agreed. I enjoyed this book so much! The way it slowly pulls you in… I couldn’t put it down past a certain point! Such a creative idea, so well written and surprisingly horrifying in its own way.
Piranesi? Have anything to do with the artist?
I loved this book so much. I had kind of avoided fantasy for a while but this book brought me right back to the genre. I really want to use this to teach epistolary novels.
Loved this book too. It’s suck with me! I hear it’s going to be a movie
Oh it’s SO so good. I absolutely love Susanna Clarke’s work, she’s one of my fav living authors.
I’ve been considering picking this up because the concept is right up my alley, but I absolutely loathed *Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell*. Thought it was insufferably twee and kept dodging any actual events happening in an attempt to be an Austen-like character piece–which, strange choice if you’re trying to write a novel about warring wizards. I wonder if *Piranesi* suffers from any of this?
*Piranesi* is one of those books that just hits different. i started it and couldn’t put it down either, it’s like you’re in a maze of wonder and confusion, and then boom, it all clicks. it’s beautifully written, and the way the story unfolds is genius. totally agree, this one’s got “classic” written all over it. i’m so here for your evangelism, i’ll be spreading the word too. if you haven’t read it yet, stop wasting time and dive in!
Sorry, I hated it. I don’t know why. It has such good reviews but I just couldn’t connect.
the descriptions in this book are what really sets it off and i think that’s why a lot of people don’t like it. if you don’t have an appreciation for that kind of stuff it’s not a groundbreaking story otherwise but i love it
The 14th day of the first month of the year in which I began to read Piranese again (after leaving it sitting unread in my car for three years)
Absolutely loving it