Saturday, December 08, 2012

Review: The Rule of Four–Ian Caldwell

A college student, whose father was an obsessed researcher, meets a would-be disciple of his father’s. Their frendship grows and  both young men are drawn into the same obsession, trying to figure out an ancient book written in code.

 

This book reminded me a  lot of A.S. Byatt’s Possession. The same sense of nearly mad obsession, the same sense of needing to solve the puzzles and devote all of one’s time and energies to the mystery.

I personally loved it, but  can see why others might not. I’m all for puzzles, bibliomysteries and obsessions!

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