Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house.

There is one other person in the house—a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known.

The book was a bit of a slow start for me as the world was being built and Piranesi was establishing himself as a character, but once it got to the point that threads started getting pulled and unraveled it really got going. As everything came together…and subsequently pulled apart, it was a gripping read. There were certainly moments that might have been a little predictable, but for the most part the book leaves you guessing until the very end. Not only who the key players really are, but what roles they play in Piranesi’s story. The writing was beautiful to read, especially the descriptions of Piranesi’s surroundings and the ending, though not completely closed was satisfying.

Happy reading!