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Striking cover. Fanciful concepts. Worth savouring.
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May she wander but always return home, may all her words be written true, may every door lie open before her. (c)
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The will to be polite, to maintain civility and normalcy, is fearfully strong. I wonder sometimes how much evil is permitted to run unchecked simply because it would be rude to interrupt it. (c)
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Fiction—I hope to every god you have the guts to do what needs doing. I hope you will find the cracks in the world and wedge them wider, ...more
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May she wander but always return home, may all her words be written true, may every door lie open before her. (c)
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The will to be polite, to maintain civility and normalcy, is fearfully strong. I wonder sometimes how much evil is permitted to run unchecked simply because it would be rude to interrupt it. (c)
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Fiction—I hope to every god you have the guts to do what needs doing. I hope you will find the cracks in the world and wedge them wider, ...more
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4.5 stars. So creative and wonderful. Colorful and beautiful with so much room for more. This is a really good book. I enjoyed it a lot. It somehow felt to me like a combination of the magic in reading that came from The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. It is weird, it is fantastical, and it is just what I've been looking for in terms of a concept.
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4.5 stars. So creative and wonderful. Colorful and beautiful with so much room for more. This is a really good book. I enjoyed it a lot. It somehow felt to me like a combination of the magic in reading that came from The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. It is weird, it is fantastical, and it is just what I've been looking for in terms of a concept.
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Feb 16, 2025
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The ten thousand years it took me to finish this book....
Ok, not quite but it felt that way.
It also felt like this book was ten thousand pages long.
With that said, I feel the need to also add that this is the third Alix E. Harrow book I have read and I have seen from experience that they start off very slow and vague. She is a story weaver. Her words are so well-woven and beautiful but in this case man, the plot is a strand that is only woven in occasionally. The characters seemed one dimensiona ...more
Ok, not quite but it felt that way.
It also felt like this book was ten thousand pages long.
With that said, I feel the need to also add that this is the third Alix E. Harrow book I have read and I have seen from experience that they start off very slow and vague. She is a story weaver. Her words are so well-woven and beautiful but in this case man, the plot is a strand that is only woven in occasionally. The characters seemed one dimensiona ...more
4 1/2 stars
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This cover is GORGEOUS!
And I wanted so desperately to like this book more than I did!!! (insert dramatic sighing) I was on the cusp sooo, sooo, sooo many times, and then it just fell a little flat to me. This creation, the idea of doors to other worlds, I simply loved. Loved a bit too much, I guess. I thought there was room for growth and more plot potential, but the story lines just didn't quite get there. I just couldn't connect with the characters like I thought I would, and though ...more
This cover is GORGEOUS!
And I wanted so desperately to like this book more than I did!!! (insert dramatic sighing) I was on the cusp sooo, sooo, sooo many times, and then it just fell a little flat to me. This creation, the idea of doors to other worlds, I simply loved. Loved a bit too much, I guess. I thought there was room for growth and more plot potential, but the story lines just didn't quite get there. I just couldn't connect with the characters like I thought I would, and though ...more
Original and engaging
It took me awhile to get entirely involved in the story. But like so many really good reads...it just kept getting more and more interesting. I loved the idea, the strong women and how it just kept unfolding. I am very ready for a sequel!
It took me awhile to get entirely involved in the story. But like so many really good reads...it just kept getting more and more interesting. I loved the idea, the strong women and how it just kept unfolding. I am very ready for a sequel!
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