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4.5
I chewed through the last 30% like a mouse chews through anything blocking its way into my house. Wonderful experience. Feels like bloated YA. Conflicted about the style. I loved it at times and at times it slowed the story down. I do love the author's voice, though.
Actually, that helped me put my finger on what kept this from being five stars. It's written in a mature, literary style, and the way the story unfolds with its book-within-a-book (popsugar should make that a prompt) and seemingly sm ...more
Actually, that helped me put my finger on what kept this from being five stars. It's written in a mature, literary style, and the way the story unfolds with its book-within-a-book (popsugar should make that a prompt) and seemingly sm ...more
This is closer to a 3.5 rating. The tale of January Scaller begins in 1901 as she travels with Mr. Locke, a wealthy collector of unusual artifacts, as his ward. There begins the intertwined story of how January discovers "Doors" between worlds and learns the true story of her parents wanderings and hunts for other doors. The writing is beautiful and atmospheric. However, I had real problems with the protagonist, January, and a tendency on the part of the author to sermonize her political ideas (
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This started off as as strong book, really capturing me out of the gate. Unfortunately, I got bogged down in the middle. Lots of exposition and illustrations of January's weakness went on for much longer than it needed to. I understand we need to have our main character torn down before building her back up, but with page after page, it was enough already. Let's move the story forward. The narrator keeps referencing how January is a rambunctious person, let's see it, rather than see her act subd
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Mysterious girl shows up with her father at the house of a wealthy man.
The father will be working for the man, collecting things for a secret society.
January stumbles across a book, and that changes the course of her life.
The father will be working for the man, collecting things for a secret society.
January stumbles across a book, and that changes the course of her life.
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