I read the novel The Prestige, written by Christopher Priest and i actually enjoyed the book. i started the book with a bad attitude with the idea of just getting it done. about 30 pages into the book i actually started to look forward to reading this book. the beginning of the book was the strangest by far. constantly switched from point-of-view to point-of-view.In my opinion the best part was when Rupert Angier's wife gets knocked over by Alfred Bordon witch sets the mighty feud of the two magicians. (plot twist ahead) The Best part for "normal people" is when Rupert Angier teleports himself and Alfred Sabotages it on accident causing Angier to be separated into two beings, One old, dying and weak the other Stronger, spectral like and freaky. the old and frail Angier slowly dies of cancer and sickness, while the spectral tries to kill and torture Alfred witch brings us to an exciting part when the spectral Angier comes after Bordon with a knife. Bordon is then sent into hiding from fear of the ghost Angier.He eventually dies of a heart attack (hinted that it was caused by the spectral version of Angier) another big part of the book was that Bordon apparently had a twin brother and that more than confused me...
The theme of this book is magic and mystery.and the setting was England in the 1800s/current day and some in Colorado. Point of view is one literary element that was used pretty heavily because it kept changing.
Overall i would recommend this book to anyone who likes the idea of a science like/magical story with things that don't exactly make sense. if you just plow through the book and don't take any of the info in (like i did at first) then the book wont really make sense but luckily i restarted and actually looked at what i was reading. the book provides a sense of mystery and excitement that keeps you wanting to read in first period economics class. Another buddie to talk with about the book is also a good thing to have.
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