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    The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues
    The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues
    The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues
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    The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues

    By Nova Jacobs

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    *Wall Street Journal’s “Mysteries: Best of 2018”
    *Book of the Month Club Selection
    *Edgar Award Nominee: Best First Novel by an American Author

    A “hugely entertaining” (Wall Street Journal) mystery starring “a Royal Tenenbaums-esque clan of geniuses” (Martha Stewart Living)—perfect for fans of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore.

    In this “riveting…brilliant” (Booklist) debut, Hazel Severy, the owner of a struggling Seattle bookstore, receives a letter from her adoptive grandfather—mathematician Isaac Severy—days after he dies in a suspected suicide. In his puzzling letter, Isaac alludes to a secretive organization that is after his final bombshell equation, and he charges Hazel with safely delivering it to a trusted colleague. But first, she must find where the equation is hidden.

    While in Los Angeles for Isaac’s funeral, Hazel realizes she’s not the only one searching for his life’s work, and that the equation’s implications have potentially disastrous consequences for the extended Severy family, a group of dysfunctional geniuses unmoored by the sudden death of their patriarch.

    As agents of an enigmatic company shadow Isaac’s favorite son—a theoretical physicist—and a long-lost cousin mysteriously reappears in Los Angeles, the equation slips further from Hazel’s grasp. She must unravel a series of confounding clues hidden inside one of her favorite novels, drawing her ever closer to his mathematical treasure. But when her efforts fall short, she is forced to enlist the help of those with questionable motives.

    “A novel that is anything but clueless, filled with consideration and compassion” (The Washington Post), The Last Equation of Isaac Severy proves that, like Hazel, you don’t have to love math to fall under the Severy spell.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtria Books
    Release dateMar 6, 2018
    ISBN9781501175145
    The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues
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    Nova Jacobs

    Nova Jacobs has an MFA from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and is a recipient of the Nicholl Fellowship from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Jeremy. She is the author of The Stars Turned Inside Out and The Last Equation of Isaac Severy.

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    • 3/5
      There was so much to like about this book! A family gifted with mathematical genius, mystery, romance, clues, great settings. However, something eluded me and that prevented me from loving the characters and plot. I’m glad I read it.
    • 4/5
      This is a unique novel that revolves around the life, death and work of a great mathematician (Isaac). There are many people interested in what he had been working on prior to his death including his kids and his adopted granddaughter who is ultimately his main character. The central mysteries are twofold. What are the details of Isaac's death and why are so many people interested in his work? Though not thoroughly drenched in math it would be helpful for the reader to have some knowledge (but not essential) to enjoying the novel. Well worth the reading.
    • 4/5
      An enjoyable read; the broad outlines of the story were easy enough to see coming, but the little twists and turns (not too many though) kept it interesting. A mix of family drama, mystery, and thriller.
    • 2/5
      Disappointing Lack of CluesReview of the Touchstone paperback (2018) editionI'll confess that it was the marketing that led me astray on this one. A map on the cover image with marking stickers and apparent sites for clues leads one to believe the hyberbolic promise of the subtitle "A Novel in Clues" and the promo blurbs of "Hugely entertaining." A Edgar Award nomination for Best First Novel seemed to indicate that there would be at least some fulfillment to the promise. Such was not to be however.Family patriarch and mathematical genius Isaac Severy dies of an apparent suicide and leaves a letter to his adopted grand-daughter Hazel which sets her off on a hunt for his rumoured last equation. It turns out that she is in competition on the search with several members of her own family and a suspicious government organization as well. It all plays out with very little suspense and a very anticlimactic conclusion. The "clues" are few and far between and not really anything of the sort where the reader can enjoy attempting to decipher them along the way. Although you would have expected the focus to be on Hazel as the main protagonist, the PoV is split fairly evenly with her uncle Philip and brother Gregory, both of whom are involved in other deceptions that are not very compelling. Hazel's background as an independent book shop owner also holds out the promise for strings of clues related to books, which is also mostly not fulfilled. The use of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender Is the Night" being the single exception.This had the makings of a possibly delightful cozy mystery but complicated itself with needless characters and subplots. A tonal shift into the topic of child abuse also felt completely repulsive rather than a cause for empathy.
    • 3/5
      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 Tomorrow" by Allan Folsom, which was just incredibly stupid. Like that book, "The Last Equation of Isaac Severy" has a convenient "deep state" foe, seeking profit behind the scenes and talented characters who can always help out in a pinch. Even though I border-line hated "The Day After Tomorrow", I couldn't put it down. It is completely stupid, but at the same time a thrilling, easy read. This book is just has engaging. It's certainly a step up, not nearly has idiotic. It certainly is entertaining. Nova Jacobs has an MFA from USC's film school and it shows. This book is destined to be made into a "B" movie thriller. She probably determined it was easier to write a novel and have it be optioned by a studio that it would be to try to sell a spec script (not to imply that selling a novel is easy, it's certainly not, there are just more options to take than the 6 studios).
    • 3/5
      DON’T MAKE THE SAME ASSUMPTIONS I DIDSo, what assumptions ? And why were they wrong? First , a few comments about “The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues” (LE). This is a debut novel by author Nova Jacobs. My Kindle version is 334 pages long. The story begins with old Isaac awaiting his assassin. Isaac has predicted the exact moment of his passing. Soon Isaac is no more and his grieving “grand-daughter” is reading a letter intended for her eyes only. The letter contains a set of very specific instructions which will ultimately lead her to a world-shattering equation. A treasure hunt of sorts begins.Treasure hunts are fun, right? Now I’m thinking “The Da Vinci Code” and watching the brainy professor immediately begin pursuing clue 1, solving little mysteries along the way but going eventually from step A to step B to…… Well, LE is not quite as I expected. First, we have to meet Isaac’s family. Sons, a daughter, some are math brains, some are not, some are successful, some are not, a few kids, and there’s a cop. And the grand-daughter, our protagonist, is rather dull – at least in my books. And not a lot happens for the first two thirds of the story, certainly not much that elevates the tension. There are some dead bodies that creep into the story, actually a bunch toward the very end, yet I wouldn’t label this crime fiction. It’s not light as light as I expected it to be. And it’s not much a fun read. For too much of the book I wanted it to be over so I could read the next thing on my list. And the equation? I guess Hitchcock would dismiss it as a McGuffin, so I won’t get picky, but still….Yet there were a number of positives here, and I suspect that future stories from Ms. Jacobs might hold a lot more appeal for me. LE does a very nice job showing all the dynamics and inter-relationships within a superstar’s family, and the points made here obviously apply not only to math geniuses, but also to Baseball Cy Young pitchers, and actresses with five Oscars on the mantel. In Isaac’s case, the offspring who inherited some of that math DNA but who will never match Dad’s world renown, the klutz kids who can’t add 2+2, the in-laws. Very interesting, the family stuff takes up major chunks of the first half and surfaces all the way to the end. Some insightful stuff, but hey, it’s a treasure hunt story, right? And the ending did deliver some ups and downs, a bit of chills and thrills, though maybe a tad predictable.2 ½ stars on LibraryThing because I can do ½ stars there, 3 on Amazon because I can’t, but not recommended.
    • 4/5
      I binge-read this book in three days. I almost just had to call in sick to work to stay home to read.

      Isaac Severy, a renowned mathematician, has died, and in a secret missive to his adopted granddaughter Hazel, he commands that all his work be destroyed so that no one will get their hands on his last equation. His letter also says that two more people will die.

      Thus begins the race for Hazel to decode the letter and figure out what her grandfather is alluding to in his furtive message before anyone else, other math-genius relatives included, get their hands on Isaac’s work. This is a little bit Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore, a little bit DaVinci Code, but The Last Equation of Isaac Severy is superior to both of these other books. Pigeon-holing it into the “thriller” category isn’t quite accurate.

      Do not be deterred by the math element! This book is fascinating, fast-paced, and there are numerous twists throughout the story to keep your mind sharp and your fingers flying through the pages. And the best thing is, you don’t need to understand the math to appreciate the complexity of the story. There are surprises throughout the story, so instead of it being a huge slog of set-up to get to the epiphany at the denouement (I’m looking at you, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), there are constant revelations and unforeseen curve balls to keep interest piqued throughout. There are numerous characters introduced quickly in the beginning, which can seem overwhelming, but the author deftly aids the reader in keeping everything straight.

      The Last Equation of Isaac Severy is an exciting ride, and though I am loath to encourage more book-to-screen adaptations, it would make an incredible Netflix series.

      Many thanks to Netgalley and Touchstone for this advance copy in exchange for my honest review.
    • 4/5
      I feel like this book was both better than I thought it was, but not quite as good as I expected. The former because my reading was more fractured than I'd like and the book never got a chance to really suck me in; it was always getting interrupted. The latter, because its novel-to-mystery ratio was higher than I'd have wished. Isaac Severy was a brilliant mathematician whose last act before dying was writing a bombshell of an equation, which he hid away. Days after his death, his granddaughter receives a letter from him with his last wishes: to burn all his work save this equation, which she should delver to one trusted colleague and no one else. But first, she must find the equation using the clues left for her as she goes about fulfilling his final requests. At the same time, the rest of the Severy family - blessed with brilliance and saddled with dysfunction - is left to pick up the pieces of their lives, re-orienting themselves after they lose their axis and another death unmoors them completely. Hazel's uncle, Philip, is receiving mysterious notes and visits from someone eager to meet up with him and discuss his father's work, someone who was harassing Isaac in his final days. I ended up caring about most of the characters except Hazel herself. She was pretty unmoored from the start, and never felt like she had much resolve. For me this resulted in the impression that she never took any direction action to find the equation, so much as the clues threw themselves at her in desperation. Speaking of clues, my biggest annoyance of all was that one of the clues was not only not discovered by Hazel, but the reader didn't got left out too. Both discover the solution after the fact, and it's a letdown. These are minor grievances though, and I'm not sure I'd have felt the same way about these things had I been able to commit my time and attention to the book as it deserved. Perhaps more focus would have allowed me to connect more with Hazel and the story's mystery. Either way, it was an enjoyable read and kept me entertained, if not deeply invested.
    • 4/5
      3.5-4 starsThe Last Equation of Isaac Severy is an entertaining read. I majored in math in college and loved that aspect of the book. Hazel is a likeable if somewhat naïve protagonist, and her hunt for her grandfather’s secret last equation kept me reading. I waited a few days to write my review because I was not sure how I felt about the ending; two aspects troubled me a bit: the location of the equation and the identity of the vigilante. Sadly, waiting a few days didn’t help me resolve my thoughts so I guess I will just be left in a state of limbo on whether I believe either issue was resolved reasonably and realistically. As a sidebar, I have noted before my annoyance with suggestions of “if you liked this book you will certainly like ____”. The Last Equation of Isaac Severy is billed as appealing to those who liked Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, both huge favorites of mine. I don’t see the comparison at all. While the main character Hazel owns a bookstore in Seattle, she is staying in Los Angeles for the entirety of the book, and the store is rarely mentioned. I am loath to use that type of recommendation except in certain unique circumstances, but if I were to do so here it would be to analogize it more to puzzle or elaborate mystery books. Hazel is charged with protecting Isaac’s life work and making sure it does not fall into the hands of the wrong parties. The catch is she that has to find it first, and the majority of the book focuses on her hunt.Overall, I liked The Last Equation of Isaac Severy. I received this book to read and review. All opinions are my own.
    • 4/5
      Maths.Similar to the movie Good Will Hunting, this is a different work of fiction involving complex mathematics where no knowledge of the subject is required. And borrowing from another work, Ray Bradbury's A Sound of Thunder, Isaac Severy has written an equation or proof that predicts future events (there is also a game hunt angle).The book is pretty good; the writing is good, the characters okay, and being a mystery it takes quite a while for the story to evolve which I found made it slow and sometimes boring. But I am also a sucker for books about books, and that the main character owned a bookstore and knew of and cared about books, for me, gave it a bit of a boost.
    • 4/5
      I wanted this to be more mystery-focused and less family-focused but the writing was really strong and there were a few interesting mystery elements. I really like puzzle-based mysteries, which is what I thought I would get here based on the "a novel in clues" subheading. This book didn't really give me that but it wasn't bad by any means.
    • 1/5
      SPOILERS. I was hoping for a mystery I could solve along with the characters, since it was "a novel in clues," but there was little I could guess on my own; instead, it was seeing the characters figure stuff out. I did not find any of the solutions to the deaths compelling; I especially did not appreciate the way that Isaac died -- it totally undermined his character. And the whole "a woman who was not his wife" bit was clunkily obvious, not to mention the way there are no consequences for him killing Sybil. I mean, the plot was mildly interesting and scenes mostly competently written, but I need more than that to make up for the missteps.The author referred to two secondary characters as not being white -- otherwise, white was default (in Los Angeles?) and the black character was the magical Negro who worked to save "the Jasmines and Jamals" who figured out what Gregory was doing, and the other a hotel maid who surprisingly! spoke fluent English. Then there is the cliché of the abused foster children recused by the perfect Severys -- except of course one of the adopted children is permanently damaged. And the rampant affairs, professor-grad student inappropriate relationship, and the it's-ok-they're-not-really-cousins-because-adoption double whammy.And now let's talk about chronic pain. And how someone with chronic pain is completely villainized and not fleshed out beyond his chronic pain and how poorly he deals with it. We know almost nothing about Tom beyond his pain and how the family tries to help him and then gives up on him because he is not worthy of more help and he is an awful human who abuses children. Why does he abuse them? Because he has chronic pain with makes him an addict -- what more do you need? Ugh. The more I write the less I like the book ... It's a perfect example of poor craft making cross-cultural portrayals/portrayals of people with specific issues not just poor prose but offensive.
    • 4/5
      Cerebral is the best word that I can think of to describe this book. I did enjoy it, hence the 4 stars, but at the same time I had trouble getting through it. There is lot of mathematics in it, and a lot of very cerebral clues to the ongoing mystery of finding exactly what the title says - the last equation of Isaac Severy. The book is engaging with its super-brainy family and because of Hazel Dine. Hazel's life is kind of a mess in Seattle. Her struggling bookstore is barely keeping afloat. She's lost her home, and bills are piling up. When her grandfather dies, she heads back to California for his funeral, and finds that her brilliant grandfather has left her a mystery to find, secure and take to a safe and reliable source. Many are interested in this equation, and she is at odds with people from her own family as well as various illicit and secretive companies. In amongst all the mathematical mysteries, there also appears to be a serial vigilante killer about who is getting rid of people who have caused misery and unhappiness to others (mostly children). Hazel gets drawn into this as well since the identity of this killer appears to be closer to her than she realizes. Hazel doesn't know who to trust as she sets out to do what her grandfather has asked her to. This is definitely a mystery story with a real difference. It makes you think and reason all the way through.

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    • 3/5
      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 containing clues as to where this equation is, and also to whom he wants it given.But....this is not exactly a treasure hunt, it is also or maybe more about a family with the majority of family members having a certain type of genius. The few that don't are somewhat dismissed, not valued as highly. Many of them have secrets, are more or less than they seem. A rather dysfunctional group of characters.I thought this was written very well, in fact the writing drew me in more consistently than the story. The story itself, started out strong, kind of lagged and lost me in the middle, and then picked up again in the latter third. Except for a few, I found the majority of characters unlikable. All in all for me it was an okay read, a different read, with some wonderful writing.ARC from Netgalley.

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    • 3/5
      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 me was that it was so much the focal point that at most junctures the search for the formula became a long lost second cousin fourth removed. It wasn't until the last 30 pages or so that the search for the formula really came back into play. Overall, the family, from Hazel's brother, uncle, cousins, etc. all of whom had their own windmills to slay. Just way too much minutia and not enough refocus on what the reader was promised ... or what I thought I was promised.

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    • 3/5
      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 granddaughter, Hazel, that is written in clues for her to find the equation and then pass it in to his trusted friend. In the meantime there is a lot of serious dysfunction in this family! People are competing to find the equation, people are dying, and there are a few affairs happening as well. The tone and voice of the book reminded me of another author, but I can’t quite place it. This book was ok, a bit complex, but wasn’t as suspenseful as I thought it might be. #TheLastEquationOfIsaacSevery #NovaJacobs
    • 2/5
      This book was not at all what I was expecting. I thought there would be a mystery but instead it was primarily about Isaac's large dysfunctional family. It wasn't what I was looking for. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.
    • 4/5
      I purchased this book from @bookofthemonth to read with my bestie @mycornerforbooksand.  All opinions are my own. ???? The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs. When we started this book I expected a mystery but it began with death and a letter from Isaac to his granddaughter Hazel. In the letter he left her clues to get to the next clue to deliver his life's work to a man she needed a clue to find. Isaac Severy and his brothers and their children are all mathematical geniuses and Hazel has always felt like an outsider. The family dynamics of this book are astonishing. The love affairs, the mathematical  problems, the clues, the migraines, the crime, the relationships, it felt like watching a soap opera on paper. I didn't hate it I just didn't love it. It truly is a novel in clues and every clue leads to another then to another. If that's your kind of puzzle then this is your book. Review also posted on Instagram @borenbooks, Library Thing, Goodreads/StacieBoren, Amazon, Twitter @jason_stacie and my blog at readsbystacie.com
    • 3/5
      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 stayed that course, I think the subtitle about clues would be more apt. Instead, there are multiple points of view from this super smart family, in particular Hazel's brother Gabe (by blood, both were adopted), and Issac's son Philip. There is a lot of talk about math and physics, plenty of red herrings and additional plot turns to fill the mystery genre label. It is filled with so many quirky characters and events, it is not hard to imagine it could be one of those large, family dysfunction type movies. It was harder than I thought it would be to get into, but the end reveal came together neatly, so I am glad I stuck it out.

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    The Last Equation of Isaac Severy - Nova Jacobs

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