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Sep 11, 2017
Misha
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it was amazing
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Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire is the first in the Wayward Children novella series that introduces a delectable and dark fantasy world where children find doorways into other worlds. But when they get spit back into the real world, these children need a place to go where they are understood--and where they might just find these doorways again. Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children takes in these kids who are forever altered from their time in other worlds, but what supposed to be a
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Everything Seanan McGuire writes is automatically on my "must read" list. I bought this right when it came out, but saved it until now, as a treat for when I was in just the right mood with just the right amount of time. It was absolutely worth it. The concept of a school for children who reappear after traveling through portals into other words is terrific, and it is perfectly executed, with wonder, horror, sadness and hope. In a very short amount of space, this novella creates a world so disti
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This is a beautiful story. The children who lived in fairyland, and then have to return to the mundane world. Coping with the loss of their dreams. I loved that the main characters were outcasts among the outcasts, with their gothic or edwardian dreams. I loved how Seanan handled the main characters sexuality. The ending especially made me want to go back and reread the whole novella.
Seanan McGuire is so brilliant it hurts. Beautiful book. I always thought it bizarre that characters who went to magical worlds we obsessed with getting home instead of staying. She gets this so perfectly I'm about convinced she has Travelled Elsewhere herself. Run don't walk to your nearest purveyor of books and read this now!
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I can definitely understand not being wowed by the plot, but for me the characters and world-building more than made up for that! Looking forward to reading more!
A 4.5 star review.
Sometimes I love starting a book without having any idea of what it's about. I hadn't read the back blurb, but just decided to read this because a friend of mine recommended it. And it didn't take long for me to be utterly charmed by it. It had just the right mix of whimsy and crazy for me and appealed to me so much. It had much the same atmosphere as "Miss Peregrine...", but I liked this one a lot more... in fact, I wish it had been longer, as I would have loved to hear about ...more
Sometimes I love starting a book without having any idea of what it's about. I hadn't read the back blurb, but just decided to read this because a friend of mine recommended it. And it didn't take long for me to be utterly charmed by it. It had just the right mix of whimsy and crazy for me and appealed to me so much. It had much the same atmosphere as "Miss Peregrine...", but I liked this one a lot more... in fact, I wish it had been longer, as I would have loved to hear about ...more
I wanted to like this book, but I did not.
The premise is an exploration of how kids who went to Narnia reacclimated once they came back through the wardrobe (loosely- the book is original characters and interesting world building, and they do lampshade Narnia in one of my favorite scenes of the book) I was expecting kind of a spy novel, with kids learning how to keep all the knowledge they gained to themselves; instead this is a book about trauma recovery, featuring lots of group therapy. It’s ...more
The premise is an exploration of how kids who went to Narnia reacclimated once they came back through the wardrobe (loosely- the book is original characters and interesting world building, and they do lampshade Narnia in one of my favorite scenes of the book) I was expecting kind of a spy novel, with kids learning how to keep all the knowledge they gained to themselves; instead this is a book about trauma recovery, featuring lots of group therapy. It’s ...more
I really enjoyed this one, my only regret is that is was so short. In a book that is the first in a series, and, is less than 175 pages you would expect a lot of info dumping. That was not the case at all. Sure there were spaces where info was given, but just enough imho. The pacing was great and I can't wait to get the know these characters better.
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I had to read this again after Down Among the Sticks and Bones. I liked that one better--the entire cast was a bit passive for people trapped in a house with a murderer--but the characters and worldbuilding here are a real delight.
Really good and I read it too fast. What if you got to a world where you were totally accepted for you? What if you fell out of it somehow? Here’s a creepy school for kids like you.
Premise is great! Magical worlds everywhere!
However, the author did not do enough world building for the actual school in which most of the action takes place. So that was lame and boring.
However, the author did not do enough world building for the actual school in which most of the action takes place. So that was lame and boring.
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