Reddit reviews The Meaning of Night: A Confession

As far as the story's structure goes, the protagonist remains the focus of the story no matter whether he turns from a good guy into a bad guy, or a bad guy into a good. An the antagonist is a character who seeks to prevent the protagonist from achieving his goal. So the antagonist can be good or bad as well. Protagonist doesn't mean hero and antagonist doesn't mean villain.

Try The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox.

A little girly but my favorite book of all time is Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. I read it for the first time in the 7th grade but my mother got it for me before I was born. I guess she knew I would be a reader.

My favorite recently read would be The Meaning of Night. I'm not one for mysteries, I pretty much read exclusively Fantasy and Historical Fiction. But this book was recommended by a friend and at first was a little hard to get into but once I found my rhythm I finished it almost in a day.

The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox.

The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox is rather good pseudo-Victorian fiction. A little predictable, plot-wise, in some places, but the general ambience is very good.