Stephanie Jane reviewed The Locked Room by Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy, #3)
A good closing to the trilogy
4 stars
The Locked Room rounds off the trilogy nicely in that it follows a similar narrative structure of one character being hired, in strange circumstances, to spy upon another and builds upon this device. I enjoyed spotting references to the previous two books - already knowing, for example, the reason for Quinn's suprising disappearance - and I am glad I managed to read them all within a fairly short space of time otherwise I might not have picked up on all these nods to what had gone before. I was also still familiar with Auster's style which aided my enjoyment too. I'm undecided whether City Of Glass or The Locked Room ended up as my favourite story and, actually, I am not sure I would search out any more of Auster's writing any time soon. I'm glad to have now read this acclaimed author, but his work didn't grab my attention …
The Locked Room rounds off the trilogy nicely in that it follows a similar narrative structure of one character being hired, in strange circumstances, to spy upon another and builds upon this device. I enjoyed spotting references to the previous two books - already knowing, for example, the reason for Quinn's suprising disappearance - and I am glad I managed to read them all within a fairly short space of time otherwise I might not have picked up on all these nods to what had gone before. I was also still familiar with Auster's style which aided my enjoyment too. I'm undecided whether City Of Glass or The Locked Room ended up as my favourite story and, actually, I am not sure I would search out any more of Auster's writing any time soon. I'm glad to have now read this acclaimed author, but his work didn't grab my attention to the degree that I know it has other readers.
