As per my spoiler-free policy which obviously everyone remembers but I have to say anyways, in order to ensure that there are no subconscious slips of the tongue or fingers, I am keeping this review spoiler free by means of not having read the book. I will admit to having read the acknowledgements and dedication, but they weren't to me so I didn't pay that much attention. I will also admit to having looked at the cover of the book, and also I lie somewhere on the spectrum between acquaintance and friend with the author. Much of this review will therefore be based on the cover, and assumptions I'm making based on other stories the writer has written -- including two webcomics that can be found West of Bathurst where It Never Rains.
Weave a Circle Round is, I presume, a novel combining the worlds of geometry and textiles, as the protagonist -- whoever they are -- attempts to get the gold medal/blue ribbon in a weaving competition by producing a perfectly circular rug. They are hampered in this by living in a house that floats upside-down above the ground, making it almost impossible to go shopping for the proper materials and also Amazon refuses to deliver to floating houses until their drone-delivery program is approved by the imaginary city the story takes place in. There are also time travel related shenanigans (as all good stories ought contain), probably where the main character looks in the future to see which rug wins and also goes back in time to get their sports almanac away from their father's childhood bully.
In a stunning twist, the main character will probably turn out to also be the antagonist, but without a clear indication of whether they are a past version of the antagonist or a future version, which means neither is able to truly harm the other without risking their own destruction. I won't spoil the ending I assume it has, but rest assured it involves a light sabre, a life saver, a semiquaver and a lost Quaker.
10/10
