THE LIAR'S DICTIONARY

I didn't actually get invested in this book until the last third of the book - prior to that, I'd pick it up, read a little, put it down, and then forget every single thing I had read the previous time I had read it. Unfortunately, there was way too little character development; the device of the alternating chapters didn't flow that well, and in the end, didn't pay off for me at all; the “twist” - if you can call it that - didn't feel authentic. Things happened, and then were of no consequence. (See also: the mountweazels, the explosion by the train station, the fake lisp.)

I didn't hate this book, as my rating suggest, but I definitely didn't like it at all. I hope I remember enough of it to talk about it in two weeks.