White Rabbit, Red Wolf - a (spoilerfree) review

5 stars, couldn’t put the book down. I read the entire thing in one day! Certainly an intense, gripping and thought-provoking book.

The book turned out to be way more wacky (not in a goofy way, in a wild turn of events, what-the-what is happening kind of way) than I was expecting when I first started reading.

Characters are well fleshed out, believable and interesting, each with their own unique characters, abilities and interests. I have no bone to pick with any of them! I absolutely loved Ingrid and the unsolvable equations, I thought that aspect of the book was so clever, frustrating, and I know it will stay with me for a very long time. Humans love to have concepts that are full-rounded and have a nice, neat conclusion. I love that this book challenged that, and forces you to either be okay with not knowing some things, or drive yourself insane with ‘what-ifs’ and trying to grasp at a non-existent answer. Wonderful.

The plot, while a bit far-fetched, was exciting, fast-paced and held my attention the entire way through.

Absolutely loved this book, and the addition of psychological problems and phenomena was RIGHT up my street. I wish this kind of stuff was around when I was at high school! But I still thoroughly enjoyed it as a 25yo.

“There are such things as ghosts. People everywhere have always known that. And we believe in them every bit as much as Homer did. Only now, we call them by different names. Memory. The unconscious.”

“The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.” - Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie is one of the greatest storytellers of all time and the queen of writing cosy crime. There is nothing better than unwinding with a relaxing Poirot mystery!

“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself.” - Oscar Wilde

♟ “She liked the power of the pieces, exerted along files and diagonals. In the middle of the game, when pieces were everywhere, the forces crisscrossing the board thrilled her. She brought out her king’s knight, feeling its power spread.” ♟ - The Queen’s Gambit, Walter Tevis.

“Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemlance.” - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“He was only twelve, and understood that his experience of the world was limited, but one thing he was quite sure of: when someone said trust me, they were usually lying through their teeth.” - Stephen King, The Institute