I mean, it's a story collection written by the author of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, illustrated by Charles Vess. Why are you even reading this review? What else do you think you need to know?
The last time I felt this way was when I read Gone With the Wind, and now, as I turned the final pages of The Ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories - sheer disappointment that there was no more to read. I've had such a lovely five days exploring and re-exploring, in some cases, the magical world t...
So, yay more of the Jonathan Strange universe! I like how this collection is presented as a study of magical history in the British Isles; it makes it feel like there’s more to that wonderful universe Susanna Clarke created, and not just a group of stories that just happen to take place in this univ...
Having been disappointed with most of what I’d been reading lately, I decided to read this book even though I’m not a short story fan, because I thought Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell was an absolutely brilliant book. And I was in the mood for something I knew would be good.And it was good. These e...
Rating: 7/10This collection of Fairy Tales was quite a treat! Each one was so different yet pleasing. I went on several adventures in this novel and felt like each one was told at exactly the right length to keep one entertained with just the right amount of leaving you wanting more.One of these fas...
usanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is one of my favourite books of all time, so as soon as I discovered that she had also written this collection of short stories set in the same world, I had to read it. Better four years late than never!The stories in The Ladies of Grace Adieu are all...
Uninspired and uninspiring. Not that bad, but I couldn't tell you one reason why read these stories instead of or besiedes original fairy tales. It was so painfully boring that I gave it up when I still had two or three to read. The only truly good character was Mr. Simonelli, his story is the only ...
Susanna Clarke stays in the world she created in her excellent Dr. Strange and Mr. Norrell for most of these stories, but I wanted more! A couple of the stories are very good, a couple are a little thin, but overall I missed the scope of her larger work. Since this is "more of the same" however, I ...
Fans of Clarke's "Strange and Norrel" will likely enjoy the titular tale, as did I, but the rest seemed overly academic and dry - no real spark of life to them nor anything new to add to the canon of fairytales and folk stories.
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