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Thank you to Jonathan Ball Publishers for gifting me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This is a story that will keep you guessing. It's like you're constantly unraveling the story with Petra. As the reader, I couldn't even guess what the real plot of Metamuse was. The suspense of the book was well written and it made me keep turning the page. The authors writing makes it seem as though we, the readers, are also experiencing the show trying to get clues with the author. I als...
In Exposure by Louis Greenberg, Petra bumps into a man named Vincent, who invites her to join him in attending a series of mysterious and exclusive interactive shows. The shows are immersive and engaging, but disturbing, and she begins to have nightmares, as well as the eerie feeling that her life is imitating the art. As her relationship with Vincent deepens, Petra learns more about his past, and worries about how the show may be manipulating him into doing something terrible.While it took me a...
The premise of the Metamuse is a really enthralling one. A mesmeric and captivating theatre show that literally pulls you in. It is an alternative theatre experience that gets the audience involved in more ways than one.There is much to like about the book. It is inventive and imaginative, with some misdirection and mystification. I found parts of the novel thoroughly absorbing and intense. Other parts tended to meander and be a little pedestrian. But I do not think it spoiled the whole story, n...
It’s interesting how over the last several years British fiction has started to change, how certain genres have started to feature more ‘alternative’ versions of Britain, ones where the government has become corrupt, health services are hard to access, and people’s rights have been clamped down on. As things continue to change in the UK and we slide further into fascism, these stories begin to seem less and less ‘alternative’ and more predicting the future (at the time of writing it had just bee...
The story follows Petra Orff, a woman who has lived in Britain since her university days, but is originally from South Africa. Feeling in many ways still an immigrant to the country, Petra does her best to fit in and to avoid drawing attention to the fact that she’s not from Britain. Her life is altered one day when a man literally falls out of the sky at her feet.Full Review - https://setthetape.com/2021/11/23/exp...
I wasn’t really about this one. Interesting premise, but the characters felt underdeveloped and the ending didn’t pack as much of a punch as I was expecting.
Review to come on November 23rd
Excerpt from my review - originally published at Offbeat YA. Pros: Original and haunting. Exquisitely written.Cons: Instalove premise. The story takes a different turn than one anticipates, and albeit smart and poignant, it ultimately doesn't do the main character justice.Will appeal to: Those who like mind games, spiritually wounded/doomed characters with a bit of a saviour complex, and an eerie quality in their books.First off...DISCLAIMER: I requested this title on NetGalley. Thanks to Titan
How much is too much when it comes to invading human minds for any purpose?Vincent literally falls into Petra's life. Petra senses an immediate connection, which leads them to attend the immersive Metamuse theater experience together. The first in the series of shows has them completely engrossed in each other. Then things start to get strangely personal and threateningly invasive. Exposure is a mixture of sci-fi, alternative reality, and psychological horror. It's a somewhat slow start that bui...
This is a very thoughtful, mindful book that begins at pace and does not let go. You unravel the mysteries of the theatre experience at the same time as Vincent and Petra do. alongside excerpts from a journalist, Rose’s published reviews. It gives you a rounded idea, both personal and social, as to where Metamuse, and its 2 mysterious creators exist as a concept.In an age where literally nothing is private, sacred or kept as a secret, it is easy to imagine the extremely high levels of power that...
I really liked the strange horror using the unusual idea of an immersive theatre experience but slightly let down by characters and worldbuilding to make me understand why people did what they did Full review - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/bl...
