2020-12-09

regshoe: Text 'a thousand, thousand darknesses' over an illustration showing the ruins of Easby Abbey, Yorkshire (A thousand darknesses)
2020-12-09 05:03 pm

Piranesi again!

I decided to read Piranesi again, and it turns out this was an excellent idea—I enjoyed it way more than the first time through! I think a lot of things about the early parts of the book benefit from reading them while knowing what's coming later on, and I really enjoyed getting to know the whole thing better, paying more attention to the details in the way you can on a second read.

Some more specific thoughts below the cut...

And they saw neither sun nor moon, but heard the roaring of the sea )