This is definitely a sort of magical realism/surreal type of book. It’s pretty medium paced and short, but it does require a couple chapters to understand the writing style. 

There isn’t much explanation at first and the world building is super mysterious, but I think that’s the point. 

I liked how we learned more and more as we got further into the book. The character of Piranesi is so interesting because they are almost so naive and trusting to a fault, but you can’t help but like them. 

There are a bunch of scientificish explanations by the end of the book, but I didn’t quite understand the world Piranesi lives in. I think you have to be okay with the unknown and not understanding everything when reading this book. The ending was satisfying and I liked how open ended it was.