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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really loved the beginning and then I felt the pacing became off.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL book. This is a masterpiece. The author is an artist who paints with words. This story was adventurous, heartfelt, imaginative, and magical. From this day forward, there will always be a part of me that hesitates with my hand on the doorknob, holding my breath, imagining what magic lies behind it. And maybe someday I’ll find my own true Door. In the meantime, this will be a story I read and re read, and read to my children, that they might also learn to see and search for the magic in this world and all ten thousand others.
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It was a wonderful experience reading this. I love the author's writing style, and the world she wrought with those words was amazing... BUT I kept waiting for January to start entering doors into other worlds... and she doesn't :( I thought the beginning 20% of the book was setting up for a story more like where the actual story ends. On the precipice of a great adventure. (Also, as someone who grew up with an absent father who was absent for reasons they felt were legitimate and The Right Thing To Do, this brought up a lot of unresolved bitterness.) So the fact she kind of brushes it all away and emotionally moved on from it all so quickly in the last chapter, didn't feel authentic. Anywho, didn't lessen my appreciation for other elements of the story.
“Let that be a lesson to you: If you are too good and too quiet for too long, it will cost you. It will always cost you, in the end.”
I guessed the big plot twist from page 10. Some parts are kind of ridiculous, some pretty good. Nothing remarkable :\\ I wish there were MORE worldbuilding because the doors were the only parts I really liked!!
2,5 stars
I guessed the big plot twist from page 10. Some parts are kind of ridiculous, some pretty good. Nothing remarkable :\\ I wish there were MORE worldbuilding because the doors were the only parts I really liked!!
2,5 stars
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in early September.
The roundabout and backtracking narration of January amid the tenuous, dreamlike connection she has with the books she's read. While it has a disciplined, serious, David Copperfieldish tone and moments of depth & pleasing emotion, it was mostly difficult to parse and empathize with.
The roundabout and backtracking narration of January amid the tenuous, dreamlike connection she has with the books she's read. While it has a disciplined, serious, David Copperfieldish tone and moments of depth & pleasing emotion, it was mostly difficult to parse and empathize with.