Whew! This one was twisty!

Whew! Blistering, unabashedly political, and deeply literary, Kakutani pulls no punches in this book on the nature of truth, and how it is currently on life support. This is a combination of current affairs, literature and political thought.

Simple and adorable. I think it also rhymes but I had a bit of trouble following the cadence of the rhythm. This is a great one for teaching kids about black inventors, and has short biographies of each one at the back.

Whew, twisty! I loved the structure of this book: there were so many pieces to put together, so many tiny elements of the story being incrementally revealed. Each and every scene has meaning, and nothing drags along in the story. So many characters, such complexity in each of them from their own perspectives, and also from the viewpoint of the other characters.

Like the protagonist, the plot starts out slowly and increases in pace until you hit the ending at a breakneck speed. The more we learn, the faster the plot moves along, so by the time you get to the last 50 pages you're frantically turning the pages to find out how things will end.

It's like a historical locked room mystery set in The Matrix. I'm really looking forward to reading more from this author.

SO well done.