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A review by seraphjewel
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
3.0
This was a hard book for me to rate because while there were a lot of interesting ideas in it, there wasn't always great execution. And the stuff that I found really interesting wasn't given as much time as I would've liked. For a book claiming to be psychological suspense, I didn't feel like it was that suspenseful and didn't tap into the psychology of what was going on in as much depth as it could. I feel like telling the story in third person would've done this book a world of good, as an impartial narrator would've gone into detail on things that Bee would've held back.
But anyway, the story. Like I said, there were some very interesting elements. But I've seen the groundhog day concept used in a limbo/pre-death scenario before in Before I Fall and that book just did it so much better. While I think the book did touch on how people would start behaving if they relived the same day no matter what, I feel like more detail and emotion could've been put into it.
Speaking of books, the fictional one they reference a lot in this book seemed more interesting than what was going on in the real story at times. I would've liked to read it and find out why it gained cult status. Instead we get this time travel mystery where in the end, I was left wondering what the point of all that was.
So I guess I'm giving this book a three-star rating because of some ideas rather than the story at large. It was still interesting, but could've been a lot better.
But anyway, the story. Like I said, there were some very interesting elements. But I've seen the groundhog day concept used in a limbo/pre-death scenario before in Before I Fall and that book just did it so much better. While I think the book did touch on how people would start behaving if they relived the same day no matter what, I feel like more detail and emotion could've been put into it.
Speaking of books, the fictional one they reference a lot in this book seemed more interesting than what was going on in the real story at times. I would've liked to read it and find out why it gained cult status. Instead we get this time travel mystery where in the end, I was left wondering what the point of all that was.
So I guess I'm giving this book a three-star rating because of some ideas rather than the story at large. It was still interesting, but could've been a lot better.