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I'd never read anything bu John Green before. Most of his books just don't sound interesting to me at all. Then I heard him describe this book by talking about of the trope of famous detectives having OCD as a superpower, but as someone with OCD he wanted to write a mystery where the main character experiences OCD as he does. Yeah, that premise really drew my attention.
I thought it was great book, and I only rarely can even tolerate teen coming of age books. There was a lot I liked about the sensibility of it. There was a point I thought he was going to lose me, do some typical writer shit, but then I was actually impressed with how things played out.
It's a great book and I enjoyed it, but I don't know if I'll read anything else by him. Also, I may or may not check out the movie that just came out of the book.
I consumed it in audiobook format and the performance was great and really suited the book.
I skimmed some reviews and most of the complaints about the book and the narration are people who don't get what is going on. It's a look at his experience of OCD, in the format of a gender swapped modern AU Sherlock Holmes story. It's meta about detective stories. It's like some readers opened a tin of Cinnamon Drops and are upset they aren't mints, but to be fair the summary on the back of the book doesn't describe it that way. I got a much better description listening to the author talk about it when he was a guest on Karen Puzzles.
I thought it was great book, and I only rarely can even tolerate teen coming of age books. There was a lot I liked about the sensibility of it. There was a point I thought he was going to lose me, do some typical writer shit, but then I was actually impressed with how things played out.
It's a great book and I enjoyed it, but I don't know if I'll read anything else by him. Also, I may or may not check out the movie that just came out of the book.
I consumed it in audiobook format and the performance was great and really suited the book.
I skimmed some reviews and most of the complaints about the book and the narration are people who don't get what is going on. It's a look at his experience of OCD, in the format of a gender swapped modern AU Sherlock Holmes story. It's meta about detective stories. It's like some readers opened a tin of Cinnamon Drops and are upset they aren't mints, but to be fair the summary on the back of the book doesn't describe it that way. I got a much better description listening to the author talk about it when he was a guest on Karen Puzzles.
