An (IMO) original and beautiful story about a 15/16-year-old sf/f fan dealing w/ British boarding school & physical disability while trying to come to terms w/ the death of her twin sister in a traffic accident, and (somewhat ambiguously) fairies. It is written in the form of a slice-of-life diary, ...
Review originally published here.Why I Read It: It was the July selection for calico_reaction's Theme Park book club. Prior to that though, I did have an interest in it, though I didn't know much about it.Wow. What a delightful book. Seriously, there was something about this book that's incredibly e...
Now and then I come across a book that is a distillation of what I like in fiction, genre fiction in particular. I previously raved about [b:Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell|14201|Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell|Susanna Clarke|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1357027589s/14201.jpg|3921305] and then some peo...
This book is gentle and flowing. Filled with magic and conflict that's not overly magical or directly confrontational. It's about a girl, working her way through life and escaping into the books she's reading both for entertainment and to learn, decipher, and cope with the world around her.So the...
"If you love books enough, books will love you back."I found this book, written in the form of a diary, to be a lovely, nostalgic read. Mori is an endearing protagonist who is struggling to find a place for herself after a tragic magical battle left her twin sister dead and her estranged from her mo...
Incredibly overrated. Mediocre writing, bad plotting and pacing. The worst magic system (if you can call it that) ever. This is basically a lame coming-of-age story pretending to belong on the fantasy shelf.It is very good inspiration to read other (better!) works of sff.
It's difficult to write a review of this book because I just can't seem to figure out exactly how I feel about it. I enjoyed the journal style, the short chapters, and the conversational tone - all those things kept me turning pages. I also liked Mor's voice, and I related to her strongly even if I ...
I have to give Among Others five stars, because reading it was simply amazing, for me. Surreal is another word that comes to mind. You know those book blurbs that say the book captures a generation? This book captured my adolescence. Just like the narrator, I got my moral center and philosophy of l...
Difficult for me not to compare with Ready Player One, though I suppose neither book really deserves it. Predictably, I like Among Others much more. Part is that it's more relevant to my experience - books and libraries rather than games and arcades, British rather than American - but part is the at...
I wanted to love this book, I really did! But I just couldn't manage it. Most of the ingredients were there, but there was something in the cooking that just didn't quite work for me. I loved the voice, and the daily-diary cataloging and reflections; and having a credible disabled PoV character was ...
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