I read that this was a good book in another book, and luckily the library had a copy. I can report that yes, it is a good book. To me it felt like a whodunnit for younger people – with some people to root for and identify with.
The story is complex and well laid out. Going into a mystery I am always looking for clues – which are the red herrings? Which ones count? The author gives out so many clues that I was always rethinking my theories, and in the end I was completely off the mark.
But once you reach the end of the book and understand what happens, then you can go back and see how cleverly the author hid their tracks (I can’t say more here without giving anything away). The characters in this story live is an apartment building with walls of one-way glass, but there are still plenty of things that are obscured.
In terms of what I didn’t care much for, some of the characters were a little over-eccentric for me, and some of the humor a little too juvenile for my taste (and my taste is pretty juvenile) but this was a relatively quick read and good mental exercise for me.
Next is Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
