A. Natasha Joukovsky
Auteur van The Portrait of a Mirror
Werken van A. Natasha Joukovsky
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- Werken
- 1
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- 102
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- #187,251
- Waardering
- 3.8
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- 2
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- 6
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If you like reading books with likeable characters, then this probably isn't the book for you. I rather enjoyed following these characters and getting peeks into their inner workings and how they thought. It may seem like at first this book is just about a bunch of rich people doing rich people things, but I assure you it is much more than that. I found this a well thought out, character driven book. And the story of Narcissus was an apt choice to have in the background of their stories.
I was afraid it would maybe be implemented a little too literally (though at times it did feel like it was being a little bit cheeky with the subject matter), but in the end I think it blended well. Especially in regards to the main cast. No one person seems meant to be Narcissus, but the whole of the main cast (and arguably simultaneously Echo). Forever thinking highly of themselves and their own intelligence. Enamored by their own reflection (whether that is themselves or someone else), but forever unable to obtain it, and thus doomed to pine over what they can never have despite it being right in front of them.
I really enjoyed this book, and will be thinking about it for some time after completing it. I look forward to reading more from this author!
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