crislm92

I don't even want to write a review for this. I'm aggravated because it hooked me with protagonist Gabriel Syme's witty manner of speaking. Retrospectively, I think that was the only reason I kept reading. The plot is interesting at its onset, but then the same "twists" (if you can call them that) keep happening. You know relatively when they're going to happen, too, but for want of a good read, you decide to humor Mr. Chesterton and wait for something new to happen. That something doesn't happen. And if you're anything like me, you'll be so up in arms about the drab philosophical ending (disclaimer: I couldn't force myself to finish the last 20 pages) that you'll want to hold your first ever book-burning ceremony. Maybe not even a ceremony. Any old fire might do.

2022-11-14 18:02