@Annie FWIW here’s what I wrote about it. It’s a bit too long, so I can’t exactly recommend it but you might find parts of it interesting. I should probably prune it.
@Annie That’s very interesting. I read book 5 in the series on my creative writing course a few years back. Bit strange to jump in at that point, but it worked well on its own.
I said then I’d like to read more in the series, but had sort of forgotten about it, so thanks for the reminder.
I think some of them have been adapted for TV, too.
@artkavanagh I did find that interesting, thanks for sharing. Makes me want to go back and read the book actually, I feel like I missed a lot.
@devilgate I think I’ll read the next for sure and see where it takes me. The writing is really so, so good.
@Annie I think it would be impossible not to miss anything in this book. After three reads, I still feel as if I missed plenty.
@devilgate I found the adaptation really disappointing. It covers the first two books, i.e. this one and The Likeness. I felt that it didn’t capture much of their strangeness, their off-kilter quality. The characters seemed no different from those you’d expect to find in any run-of-the-mill police procedural.