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A review by ashleylm
Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell
3.0
There's nothing wrong with this book, it just didn't grab me enough to be four stars (and five is reserved for special favourites, like Charlotte's Web or Middlemarch or Bridge of Birds.
It's a nice, short, tight urban fantasy, with quite good writing, an engaging central character, but it's fairly slight, the plot itself isn't the most exciting thing in the world, and it didn't linger in the memory as some more evocative works have done (even ones I dislike have more staying power than this).
I'd certainly read him again to see if I like the next book better, and wouldn't argue against him if you're so inclined. It's fine.
It's a nice, short, tight urban fantasy, with quite good writing, an engaging central character, but it's fairly slight, the plot itself isn't the most exciting thing in the world, and it didn't linger in the memory as some more evocative works have done (even ones I dislike have more staying power than this).
I'd certainly read him again to see if I like the next book better, and wouldn't argue against him if you're so inclined. It's fine.