by - written on 17/11/12, updated on 13/04/13 (Somewhat useful, 8 readings)
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My mum bought me this book from the charity shop with some others, the first things that attracted me to this book was the over the black outline on the pages. The book has a fantastic story which I wont go into too much as i don't want to ruin it. The story itself is really interesting especially with being in another ... Read the complete review
by - written on 27/01/12 (Somewhat useful, 11 readings)
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The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas is without a doubt one of my all time faverate reads. I have read this book multiple times and each time enjoyed it as much as the last. Scarlett Thomas has created a brand of fiction that can be almost imaginitively compared to the works of children books however is most definately for the adult ... Read the complete review
by - written on 09/11/11, updated on 18/07/12 (Very useful, 65 readings)
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The End of Mr Y Scarlett Thomas The tale is presented to the reader in a book of black edged pages with black lettering on a cover of bright orange, red and yellow. A silhouette of a Victorian figure on the back adds to the general mystical, magical feel of the book and the whole look is genuinely suggestive of the ... Read the complete review
by - written on 05/09/11 (Very useful, 46 readings)
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Every so often, you stumble across a book which is just so different, so intriguing that it reminds you all over again why you love reading so much. The End of Mr Y is one of those books. Which is rather appropriate, really, because the main plot involves a woman - Ariel Manto - who, well, stumbles across a book that many ... Read the complete review
by - written on 19/03/11 (Very useful, 40 readings)
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The first thing that struck me about 'The End of Mr Y' is quite how gaudy the book and blurb are. My edition has the pages edged in black and some racy blurb that makes it sound like the pretentious crap that it physically resembles. However, bear with the rather trite opening few chapters that make this book seem like it is ... Read the complete review
by - written on 28/08/10 (Very useful, 26 readings)
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**What is it about?** Ariel Manto, the main character in this book, discovers a copy of the extremely rare book (called "The End of Mr Y") in a second hand bookstore. She can't believe her luck and begins to read, that is until she realises there is a page missing. She goes on a hunt for this missing page to find a secret ... Read the complete review
by - written on 01/12/08 (Very useful, 23 readings)
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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 ... Read the complete review
by - written on 14/11/08 (Very useful, 39 readings)
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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 ... Read the complete review
