Farthing

I was expecting an alternate reality novel but I actually felt like I was reading an Agatha Christie novel with a twist. Classic british detective novels are not really my cup of tea, but seeing the action and the investigation develop from two very different perspectives kept me engaged. As the novel was coming to its end, the alternate history piece starting coming to the foreground, and the struggles of the narrators, the reality they were facing became more and more bleak, the world they were living in more dark. The conclusion of the book was at the same time sweet and hopeful, but one couldn't dismiss the feeling that this story might not have a happy ending after all.

Interesting read overall, but much more of classic english novel with a strong political and class critique than a alternal histoty/dystopian sci-fi novel.