City of Glass

The book in all made me feel sad for Quinn. Throughout the whole book it seemed that he was grasping for a true identity or one to hide behind. Nothing in his life seemed to have been exciting or rewarding in the long run - thus why he changes identities so often. The ending being set in winter reflects the ending of the book appropriately. Winter makes me feel depressed, if the book were to end in spring or summer I think it would be very contradicting.

I liked the book as a whole because it wasnt as clean cut as other detective novels are in which you know the detective, the suspects, and who they are as people. In the Big Sleep, although we didnt know Marlowe's past, we still knew exactly what his personality was like and that never faultered throughout the book. I think City of Glass was more realistic when it came to characters. We all alter who we are in different scenarios - we are different around our friends, our teachers, and our parents. People are complex creatures. I think Auster set out to show this in City of Glass.