This book has received a lot of praise, and a lot of awards--it won the Hugo, World Fantasy and Locus Awards for Best Novel of 2005 and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. I could in the beginning see why it might appeal. Clarke writes as if Jane Austen, or at least Georgette Heyer, is her nati...
This is one of the very lengthy novels. Yet finishing this gives me a hollow feeling, make me want to reread it twice or trice. While not reading this, there were some thought in my head that went back to this book again and again. It was the first book in two years that could enchant me like this. ...
This is one of the very lengthy novels. Yet finishing this gives me a hollow feeling, make me want to reread it twice or trice. While not reading this, there were some thought in my head that went back to this book again and again. It was the first book in two years that could enchant me like this.T...
I have many good things to say about this book and hardly any bad ones (very unusual position in which to find myself). It was really just a great novel. Clarke does a very good job of evoking Austen and Dickens, both in her language style: “For here is comfort! Here is refreshment! To sit in the ...
An unbelievable, revolutionary work of fantasy. I could not believe that I finally finished it, since it was so long and started pretty slow, not picking up until the later half. And this is a 800-1,000 page long book (depends on the edition you have), so that means for the first 400 or so pages, no...
I had an entire day to read and this book just sat there. That told me that even after 300+ pages, I didn't care about the characters, the story, anything, so I gave up and decided that this book and I could not be friends.
I took me forever to read this--two years -- that's a record. My reading experience was an odd dance -- I loved it and then I hated it and then I loved it and then I was bored and -- well, I guess you get the steps. Finally, in the last 1/4, the pace quickened and I was drawn into it in a way I had ...
Following the resounding success of my Locus Quest, I faced a dilemma: which reading list to follow it up with? Variety is the spice of life, so I’ve decided to diversify and pursue six different lists simultaneously. This book falls into my HUGO WINNERS list.This is the reading list that follows th...
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