spayne1992 's review for:

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

4.0

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The world-building and descriptions of fairy magic are enchanting, but the character-development and pacing leaves a lot to be desired. There are long sections of the book where the author is just indulging in description of the nineteenth-century setting without moving the plot forward--and while some of that is quite fun, it's a bit much in the end...