logo
Wrong email address or username
Wrong email address or username
Incorrect verification code

The End of Mr Y - Community Reviews back

by Scarlett Thomas
sort by language
LaurenF
LaurenF rated it 14 years ago
Have you ever been at a party and been cornered by that special breed of person who thinks they are the best read, most highly evolved intellect on the plant and their one goal in life is to convince you and anyone else who will listen of this (in their mind) indisputable fact. This book is the lite...
eshchory
eshchory rated it 14 years ago
Unexpected ending but good unexpected
mayhap
mayhap rated it 14 years ago
I really wanted to enjoy this book more, but ultimately I just wasn't feeling it. The SFnal element was handled so clunkily, it felt like a poorly-reinvented wheel. It's too bad, because I was initially impressed by the protagonist's intellectual characterization, which is a rare thing to see done w...
Kiwiria
Kiwiria rated it 15 years ago
You know how you sometimes have one idea of what a book's going to be like, and then you start reading it, and it turns out to be totally different? Yeah, that was me and this book. Not that that was a bad thing at all, it just took me completely by surprise. I had expected a fun fantasy - not an al...
Deryck's book blog
Deryck's book blog rated it 15 years ago
Occasionally, a book comes along that I really don't want to end. I mean really. I'll do everything to avoid the end. I'll read a chapter one week, wait another week, and then read another chapter. Or speed through 4-5 chapters on a Saturday night and then put the book away for two weeks. Maybe...
Blodeuedd
Blodeuedd rated it 15 years ago
How to start? This was one of the most confusing books I have ever read, it was also one of the best books I have read this year. It was amazing in this crazy madness kind of way. It will be hard to review it because it was messy, great and so strange.Ariel is a woman fascinated by a lot of things. ...
The Girl who Loved to Read
The Girl who Loved to Read rated it 15 years ago
Wow, this was unlike anything I've ever read before! And that is high praise in it's own right!I'm not even really sure what I'm going to write in this review because, to me, there is no explaining what was so amazing about this book - all I can think is that Ms. Thomas has an absurd (in the very go...
The City Of Invention
The City Of Invention rated it 17 years ago
Think Philip Pullman with sex. The End Of Mr Y is a story about a young woman who, during the course of her PhD, discovers one of the rarest books in the world, and one that is reputedly cursed. Her study of the book and its enigmatic author who disappeared immediately after writing it, leads her ri...
The Block
The Block rated it 17 years ago
Although having a fairly interesting story line, this writer tries to be too clever. If i had wanted a crash course in 2nd and third year philosophy (which was painful enough) i would read my old notes. The main character also annoyed me and the end is a mystery (maybe i'm just not clever enough)......
Need help?