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shawna_reads 's review for:
The Peculiarities
by David Liss
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"If the Peculiarities are real, if they are a part of our world, then surely they are, by definition, natural."
Thomas Thresher has been free of responsibilities until his older brother, Walter, traps him in a job at the family bank and has plans for him to marry a woman he's not interested in. But there are other problems at hand - strange accounts at the bank, an old friend mysteriously dead, the new peculiarities causing maladies and deformations among Londoners. He then joins a secret occult society to get answers to the strange occurences.
I don't know why it took 3 months to read this book because I ended up enjoying it in the end. It had everything I like in a story - the supernatural, a mystery, magic, conspiracies, and the historical setting of London. It was confusing at first, but once the pieces of the puzzle were slowly put together it created a fine mystery.
The character development was great. Thomas went from a carefree 23 year old man to someone adjusting to his own peculiarity of turning into a tree. The people he met along the way made him re-evaluate his life, becoming open minded to the occult and trying his hand at magic. Magicians, werewolves, pregnant women birthing rabbits, mysterious fogs - it all made for an interesting book!
Overall, The Peculiarities was an original, atmospheric mystery. If you like your stories with a mixture of horror, fantasy, historical fiction, and full of secrets, then I suggest you try this one out!
Thomas Thresher has been free of responsibilities until his older brother, Walter, traps him in a job at the family bank and has plans for him to marry a woman he's not interested in. But there are other problems at hand - strange accounts at the bank, an old friend mysteriously dead, the new peculiarities causing maladies and deformations among Londoners. He then joins a secret occult society to get answers to the strange occurences.
I don't know why it took 3 months to read this book because I ended up enjoying it in the end. It had everything I like in a story - the supernatural, a mystery, magic, conspiracies, and the historical setting of London. It was confusing at first, but once the pieces of the puzzle were slowly put together it created a fine mystery.
The character development was great. Thomas went from a carefree 23 year old man to someone adjusting to his own peculiarity of turning into a tree. The people he met along the way made him re-evaluate his life, becoming open minded to the occult and trying his hand at magic. Magicians, werewolves, pregnant women birthing rabbits, mysterious fogs - it all made for an interesting book!
Overall, The Peculiarities was an original, atmospheric mystery. If you like your stories with a mixture of horror, fantasy, historical fiction, and full of secrets, then I suggest you try this one out!