Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in Overdue Podcast

Apr 16, 2011 Tracey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, 18th-century, alternate-universe, kitten-squisher

Someone asked me my opinion on JS&Mr.N, and what I came up with was "dense and chewy". Until I reread it one fine day (or, given it's a kitten squisher, many fine days), let that stand as my review. ...more

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Jul 24, 2012 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: z-kabul-books

**Kabul Book**

Update: August 13
Finished! Still feel a little cheated about reading it on the nook, but from what I've read in other reviews the footnotes are nice but by no means essential.

This book was difficult for me to get into. Others have remarked that the action doesn't begin until the last 200 pages, which is true. But for me it wasn't about the action, it was about the style. I have never had patience for "old books"- ha! When I started to read this book it reminded me of how annoyed I ...more

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Feb 14, 2009 Angela rated it it was amazing

This book is good. I've heard that it's difficult to get into (I did not have that problem, but did notice that the story picked up significantly toward the end of the book) and it definitely is long--782 pages, I believe--but well worth it. Clarke sets the story in 19th-century England but adds her own interpretation of events with the addition of two magicians with significant magical power. I wish Clarke had more out there--Jon and I are both salivating for something more. ...more

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Jun 10, 2013 Kalyan rated it liked it

Three takeaways:

1. Are you there, John Uskglass? It's me, Margaret. More seriously: an interesting comparison could be made between the Raven King and a Hindu avatara or Buddhist bodhisatva.

2. England is a constructed place. We could well have lived in an universe with northern and southern English kingdoms.

3. All men are liars. Magicians, even more so. ...more

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