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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
4.0

I don't know how to rate this book. The first third was excellent; so mystical, calm and peaceful, otherworldly (no pun intended).

Then came the second part where our world began merging with the other one and it disrupted the atmosphere. I did not like that part much, I couldn't connect to the idea behind it at all (
Spoilerthe Ancients, my ass *rolls eyes*
). Don't ask me why this doesn't bother me in other books and here it did, I don't know. It's more like the connection and (pseudo)rationality broke the spell and the book became too mundane.

The last part was better. I liked the final conclusion and how all the characters were affected. It brought a little bit of magic back (
Spoilerand I'm glad the author didn't forget about Jamer Ritter and gave him his own good ending
).