Jonathan Strange Bertie CarvelMr Norrell Eddie MarsanThe Gentleman Marc WarrenArabella Charlotte RileyLady Pole Alice EnglertSir Walter Pole Samuel WestChildermass Enzo CilentiEpisode 1 of 7: The Friends of English Magic: Determined to restore magic to its former glory and prove himself England's gr...
The restoration of English magic by 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' is a wonderful alternate history fantasy novel set in Regency England during and after the Napoleonic wars. The decade-long crafting that Susanna Clarke put into her genre mixing first novel rewards the fantasy reader with somethin...
This will not be the intellectual review that I wish it was.I really thoroughly enjoyed this book. Susanna Clarke writes with the same wit and detail that I would expect from Jane Austen and the others, and to me, this is as if Jane herself picked up a pen in some alternate universe and sent a jolt ...
You will never forget this book. "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell" by Susanna Clarke is surely one the most impressive fantasy books of our time, if not the best at all. The story is exiting, complex, highly original, never predictable. All of the complex and inscrutable, but even though they are ...
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is a fantasy set in 18th century England (with bits in Italy, Spain, Germany). An 18th century Europe with magic of course. It was a long book and at times I was very entertained by it, at others a bit bored. There's something quite episodic about it. I think maybe, alo...
This book took me by surprised. Who would've thought that over 800 pages would be too short?This book had me intrigued and at sometimes, giggling behind the pages. It has my type of subtle humour. Oh and the elegant writing style that emanated Dickens; Susanna Clarke is a magician. Loved every word ...
I've put this book on my Les Memorables-shelf, where I place those books that for some reason were a lot better than I expected them to be and more important, they stuck with me. (And have thus been Memorable). I bought this book during sale for only €2,99, a great deal anyway but this is a story ...
I really enjoyed reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell as it was once of the books that surprised me in 2012. So, it was clear I wanted to read this book as well. I had actually been hoping on a full length sequel that could bring back the fantastic atmosphere from the book, but as that is not possi...
I'd prefer to give a divided rating for this divided book. Three stars for the first 3/4 of it, and five stars for the last quarter, when it ceases to be fairly interesting but mostly disconnected vignettes, placesetting, and character introduction, and finally becomes a cohesive story with plot mov...
I first read Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell in 2004 and loved its imaginative, immersive story so much it became a standard I judged other books by, but recently I wondered if, all these years later, it could still measure up to the high esteem I had for it in my mind. The answer is unreservedly, “Y...
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