Chantel Katharina's Reviews > The Blueprint

Interesting alternative reality, and the author’s inspirations (many of whom I love) so clearly map onto her concept. However, the narrative was slow, repetitive, didn’t delve deep enough for me, and ultimately didn’t do the subject matter justice.

I’d hoped the story would better explore / share the thought processes and emotions of the protagonists (Solenne & Henriette).

Henriette was a veiled figure - we never truly enter her story, only Solenne’s relationship to it. And with Solenne, I found myself needing to constantly fill unexplored gaps in her reasoning and sentiments with imaginings of how *I* would feel / think in her shoes. In that way, the book felt a little DIY and more like a thought experiment than a fully fledged novel.