David O'Connor

Even within the story, they refer to the house numerous times as a labyrinth.

And, you know, a labyrinth from Greek mythology was built by Daedalus to hold the Minotaur.

So people essentially think that a labyrinth is to keep people from getting in.

But the truth is, it's actually to keep people from getting out.

Yeah.

So basically, the house is a prison.

I remember reading it thinking, well, then who is in prison here or what is in prison here?

Now, I didn't find out who or what it was right near the end of the book.

So I think there's so much there in the book that actually people can get their feet in.

Yeah, I think it's like how I almost went straight back to the book to reread it again to see if I'd picked up things.

But I think the ending was actually, it was definitely vague.

And I think it is kind of, it's not the conclusion I think any reader wants going into it.

But I was trying to understand, like, why is this so critically acclaimed?

Because the first few pages of the books are all five-star reviews and people talking about how great it is.

And I think one of the reasons for that could be is that the very final line of the book is incredibly optimistic, I think.

It's very positive.

And it made me think of for the week that was in it last week, Ulysses by Joyce, that the final line of Ulysses is their words of affirmation that are so positive that when you finish the book, that kind of positivity kind of permeates the whole book for you.

And that's how you think of it.

I was thinking when people finish this book, you look back and you think, wow, that's actually a very incredibly positive book because Piranesi was in an awful situation, but he seemed to adore it and he missed it when he no longer had it.

Yeah, I think that.