The Last Equation of Isaac Severy : A Novel in Clues (Hardcover)

from Hardboiled

I found this to be an enjoyable read but quite different from what I was expecting. I was hoping for more of a puzzle based quest to find the formula but got instead a somewhat cross functional family saga. The family saga proved to be the focal point of the majority of the novel. The problem for...

from Beamis12

When I first started breading this, it seemed as if was going to be a treasure hunt of a novel. The treasure belonging to a highly touted mathametician, and the treasure a brilliant equation, which many seek. When Isaac died under suspicious circumstances his granddaughter is left a letter contai...

from rmarcin

I picked up this turtle because it mentioned a comparison to AJ Fikry, but I didn't see a connection to that beautiful story. This novel is about the Severy family of mathematicians and the quest to find Isaac's last equation. Isaac Severy has died but he has left a letter for his foster granddau...

from ethel55

This turned out to be a much broader tale than I was expecting. After Isaac Severy dies in an apparent suicide, his adopted granddaughter Hazel is the recipient of a letter. In it, she is tasked with finding and delivering his crowning mathematical formula to the right person. If the book had sta...

from hhornblower

It started strong, I was really enjoying this book after about 2 chapters in. Then is kind of degenerated to, what I suspect, is the usual trope of the mystery thriller (not really my genre, so don't have a solid foundation on that opinion), but it quickly brought back to my mind "The Day After T...