coral reviewed Special topics in calamity physics by Marisha Pessl
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4 stars
So, think The Secret History (by Donna Tartt) meets To Kill A Mockingbird (by Harper Lee), and you've got a bit of a hint about how this book's going to go. Sort of. I fell in love with the narrator/main character from the first page, probably in part because I'm a giant nerd, but also because she is pretty much inherently likable, like so many other brilliant and precocious young women in coming-of-age-among-other-things novels.
That said, I thought the ending came on too fast, and while, in many ways, it wrapped up nicely, in others it kind of left me hanging. Part of that may just be the stop-and-go way I went about reading the last 150-200 pages, which I do not recommend; spend some quality time with this book, seriously.
I am curious about any other books this author may have written, or may write in the future; this …
So, think The Secret History (by Donna Tartt) meets To Kill A Mockingbird (by Harper Lee), and you've got a bit of a hint about how this book's going to go. Sort of. I fell in love with the narrator/main character from the first page, probably in part because I'm a giant nerd, but also because she is pretty much inherently likable, like so many other brilliant and precocious young women in coming-of-age-among-other-things novels.
That said, I thought the ending came on too fast, and while, in many ways, it wrapped up nicely, in others it kind of left me hanging. Part of that may just be the stop-and-go way I went about reading the last 150-200 pages, which I do not recommend; spend some quality time with this book, seriously.
I am curious about any other books this author may have written, or may write in the future; this was her first, and I would think it would be a hard act for her to follow.
