"Denial is like Versailles; it isn't the easiest thing to maintain." --Blue van Meer, Special Topics in Calamity Physics
like this imagery? this gem of a statement is just one of many uttered by the young narrator, blue, in this gripping mystery by marisha pessl. i'm not much of a mystery genre fan, but this grabbed me & i zipped through the 514 pages (including the "final exam"). the brainy 16 year old blue captured my attention with her many intellectual (but not snobby) quips, detailed metaphors, observations, visual aids and literary references. these stream of consciousness thoughts guide you as she solves a murder involving a high school teacher, opening up secret lives beyond anything blue could ever read...
so if the following descriptive tidbit makes you laugh, then this book is for you!
"... the woman dressed as Liza Minnelli leaning against the wall with makeup clogging her eyes like rotten leaves in old gutters."
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