by Susanna Clarke
I was expecting something like The Prestige which I loved. Instead I got to trudge through 800+ pages and footnotes of boredom. I generally wouldn't hate this book (and I did go back and forth on the rating) but I truly did not enjoy reading it at all and had to force myself. Maybe if it was shorter...
Sadly, I didn't care for this book - it just didn't engage me. I found the setting interesting, but not enough so to carry the book - and for me, the characters and the meandering plot were both lacking. I found it slow going, and it's only because I'm too stubborn to abandon a book half-read (unl...
O. M. Gawd, I didn't think I'd ever finish this book.I have two reading challenges I'm trying to complete this year: 1. To read all of the World Fantasy novel winners2. To finish 12 books by new-to-me women genre authors.This book fit both challenges, which is the only reason why I bothered finish...
After three and half months I am finally done!My relationship to this book is, at least, difficult to say. Foremost, I really like the atmosphere and the tone of this book. It takes awhile to get into, I'll be frank about that. In fact, it took a great deal of time, patience, and half my sanity to k...
Interesting concept, intriguing characters but not an easy read. Chapters were too long, too much describing of what people said. It didn't flow well. Couldn't get past 8%. x
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