Audrey Niffenegger: Her Fearful Symmetry 6/55

The second Novel by Audrey Niffenegger. Naturally, expectations were high. 

This book however, did not disappoint. Even so, the sentiments and style used were vastly different from her first book: the Time Traveller's Wife. 

The characters in this story were queer but rather interesting. An Old man suffering from Compulsive Obsessive behavior. A man writing a thesis about the Highgate Cemetery. A ghost. A pair of mirror-imaged twins. 

Character development was sufficient. Even though sometimes characters engage in seemingly out-of-character behavior. But i guess this heightens the notion of the complexity of human kind. 

The Plot however was at best interesting....not really the fantastic...eye opening plot we have in Time Travellers' wife. The concepts and ideas contained in the story were interesting. But even so, I thought the plot was not sufficiently developed to meet its fullest potential. 

The poignant ending was a thumbs up though it leave audiences with quite a number of questions hanging. 

The Perspective Switching Technique was done in a fairly slick fashion even though at times..this technique seems to break the flow of the story. 

Do i ADORE this book? Well....No.

Do i find this interesting? Yup. I could say so.

Does it match up to Time Travellers with its fiery touch on the human strings of emotions? Sadly, No

But I guess... 

This still deserves a 3/5 

For its good character development... Given that at the end of it...we came to understand the characters rather well. There was also a number of  peculiar twists at the end.