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Five stars for quirky originality. Usually books feel like an amalgamation of other things that I've read, but I can't think of anything else quite like this. Also weird usually means...weird. But this is just interesting. The book makes a nod to Narnia by mentioning a lamp-post and a faun, but other than having a magic portal it's really unique. The setting almost feels like she must have dreamt it, and then woken up and decided to write it down. I really appreciated that it was short- she tell
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A strange book. In a way, a more condensed version of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel. The characters are similar- the amoral scholar who rediscovers magic, the ingenue who becomes trapped in an ancient magical realm. It is beautifully written and an experience in its own right. I enjoyed it thoroughly as a mystery and just as a walk through a unique imagined world. Wouldn’t blame anyone for not enjoying it but I was in the right mood for it.
If you've read House of Leaves, this will remind you of that unease and doom. But instead of slipping into the madness and disquiet as the book unfolds, you will be rescued from it as the book reaches its end.
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