A review by octavia_cade
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

5.0

I loved this - every single thing about it was enjoyable for me. It's the sort of tonal mix I really enjoy, being both grim, sad, kind, and whimsical all at once. The plot, it must be said, is not at all complicated, and the murderous culprit is obvious long before they're unveiled. This is, however, not a book to be read for plot, I think. It's not even really a book to be read for character, as even though the kids here are all well-drawn, there's not sufficient length or attention on each to produce more than sketches for most of them. The overwhelming strength of the book is that tone I already mentioned, and even though I borrowed an ecopy of this from the library, I already know that I'm going to have to buy it in hardcover so that I can experience it again.