The End of Mr. Y - Scarlett Thomas Reviews

This has to be one of the most frustrating novels I have ever read. I just wanted to scream 'Well, get on with the story, why don't you? Why are you telling me this?' Ariel Manto is student who comes across a rare book that is supposed to have some kind of curse on it. The book has a page torn from it and she sets out to discover why it ...  Read the complete review

Victorian gothic and the modern world, worlds apart yet in this book, Scarlett Thomas has managed to put them together. Ariel who is writing a phD on though experiments discovered a rare book in a second hand book shop by Lumas, an author who fell into obscurity, who is known for having radical ideas that goes against reality. Her ...  Read the complete review

I have heard this book described as 'Fantasy novel for girls' which I frankly think is a load of rubbish, this is one of the best books I have ever read and I don't think it matters if you are male or female. The book is the story of Ariel Manto who is an impoverished Phd student who to cut a long story short and not give away the plot ...  Read the complete review

Ariel Manto is studying for her PhD, but her Professor, Saul Burlem has mysteriously disappeared. Her main interest is nineteenth century writer Thomas E. Lumas, who writes about thought experiments and fourth spatial dimensions. She is in the habit of looking for his books in second hand bookshops and would give anything to own a copy of his ...  Read the complete review