I had assumed she was a friend or just another curious academic person who had noticed his disappearance in connection with Arne-Sayles. I was also a little surprised when Raphael (aka 16) was revealed to be a police officer.
Even though there are many questions in the beginning, the clues were all laid out in such a way that I slowly figured things out well before they were revealed.Īctually, the one thing I was surprised by was in the very beginning – for some reason I had been reading Piranesi as a female, so I was surprised when he first referred to himself as a “young man” and had to keep reminding myself of that for a while. I didn’t feel like there were any big surprises. I wanted to learn more about him though, and I was initially a little frustrated at how little of him we actually saw, even in the early section titled “The Other”, when I was so curious about him.Īlthough we didn’t see as much of her, I really liked Raphael (16), the hints of her personality through what little back story we got for her, and the way she supported Piranesi and didn’t try to push him into anything he wasn’t ready for. I liked his can-do attitude, his desire to believe the best of people, his curiosity and his respect for his surroundings, and his attempts to do the right thing when presented with a moral dilemma.Īt first, I wanted The Other to be a good person, but it was clear early on that he had ulterior motives and self-serving goals. I probably wouldn’t have been as good as Piranesi at surviving with limited supplies, but I would have loved the solitude and the sound of the waves and the infinite things to explore and discover. I wanted to explore ALL the halls (or try to anyway!) and look at all the statues and hang out with the birds. I do wonder how his family and friends reacted to his sudden return, though. I also liked that it left the question of if you believed the protagonist's beliefs about the house to be accurate or not. If people could travel to some parallel universe, it would probably go a lot like this in reality if people couldn't figure out a way to profit financially from it. I felt like this book was "realistic" in that it didn't offer complete closure and it the motives behind the mean things people did tended to be very petty or self-aggrandizing or to cover their butts. I was really worried until then that I would be reading a story where everyone was using the protagonist as some kind of tool in their rivalry.Ĥ.
I was most surprised by the police officer looking for the protagonist and turning out to be a decent person open to the mysteries of the other world as well. I felt like I could share in his innocent joy at so many things in the book.ģ.
I loved how close we got to the main character. This is one of my favorite books now, so I'm pretty biased.Ģ.
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