A review by laurenleigh
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was kind of a weird one for me. I think I should have liked it more? It was a beautifully written and engaging story about the power of words and the magic of books, while also being a striking social commentary on power. Framing our world as one of many, so as to analyze its bizarre inconsistencies and wild prejudice? Brilliant. There were several sentences I’d want to underline and quote here if I had the space. And the narrator was good too! I think I just wasn’t in the right headspace, because I wasn’t as taken with this novel as I probably should have been. I’m going to read it again in print later. That’s why I’m still giving it 5 stars! Five stars means I want to reread. So even if I didn’t totally love this reading experience, I think it was me, not the book!
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