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The Rook

Review by Synedocheny

Apr 4
The Rook
Daniel O'Malley

The amnesiac setup is good. After that it gets mediocre.

The second half of the book has a lot of attempts at witty cuteness. They weren't very witty and the cuteness juxtaposed awkwardly with the paranormal horror.

The main character is obsessed with how attractive everyone else is. Gave off vibes of a guy-writing-a-girl-character.

Blurbs about an unrelated supernatural being get tiresome when they are on every 5th page. So does reading letters from yourself that are written like an author telling a story. They also become increasingly irrelevant and distracting as the story goes on.

The resolution of the mystery isn't satisfying, but it's workable.

Synedocheny
The Rook
Daniel O'Malley
•Apr 4
The Rook

The amnesiac setup is good. After that it gets mediocre.

The second half of the book has a lot of attempts at witty cuteness. They weren't very witty and the cuteness juxtaposed awkwardly with the paranormal horror.

The main character is obsessed with how attractive everyone else is. Gave off vibes of a guy-writing-a-girl-character.

Blurbs about an unrelated supernatural being get tiresome when they are on every 5th page. So does reading letters from yourself that are written like an author telling a story. They also become increasingly irrelevant and distracting as the story goes on.

The resolution of the mystery isn't satisfying, but it's workable.

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