Not really my literary â??cup of teaâ??? (fantasy fiction which this seems strongly grounded in, is something I would never choose to pick up) but still I was able to admire its good storytelling qualities and, at least for me, novelty. It was a clever conceit the mixing of the old manuscripts with new technology. It kept me entertained, it was a very fast, easy read but I would never pick it up again.



The writing was nothing special at all and at times I felt as if I were reading Young Adult Fiction. I liked the characters for the most part and I liked the way that characters from disparate backgrounds fit together like pieces of a puzzle and could respect each other and work collaboratively. Having said that, they were not well fleshed out and each one was a stereotype: Clay the unambitious fantasy fiction/computer geek, Neel the East Indian computer nerd, Kat the super bright but emotionally blunted ambitious young beauty, Penumbra the doddering intellectual kindly old man, etc, etc.



Did not really understand the solving of the first puzzle and the creation of The Face. Lots of things in this book that you had to suspend your disbelief for and just keep going or you would have been totally bogged down. The cardboard book scanner set up. Really?

Some humor; see my bookmarks

Too conveniently wrapped up with the Epilogue