Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

​Catriona Ward’s Sundial dramatically underwhelmed. So I wasn’t expecting much for this, but she’s been a critic’s darling for a while now, so I figured I’d give her another chance and…Yes, that’s more like it.
Looking Glass Sound isn’t merely well written, but it’s as atmospheric and as clever of a book as one might wish for. Tripp in its cleverness, in fact. This novel is so Meta, it’s Meta wrapped in Meta with Meta on top.
Which, yes, kind of making it read disjointed and choppy at times and makes your mind twist itself all round at times, but in the end, it’s worth it, if only for how original it is. And yes, for how clever it is.
I’m huge on both originality and cleverness. I think there isn’t enough of it in modern fiction where author ply the formula because that’s what sells and I salute Ward for going against the current. Or at least establishing herself enough to be in a position to do so and then going for it.
Not sure if this book will appeal to everyone but for fans of thought-provoking, intelligent, smart AND literary genre fiction, this is your ticket.
Take a trip to Looking Glass Sound. See what you’ll find in the water there. Recommended. Thanks Netgalley.