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It's a very slow-moving book, and the plot takes a long time to establish itself and develop, but the writing style and the characters are so engaging that I couldn't put it down once I started in on it. It's a story about magic in England in the 1800s, at a point when magic had ceased being something people did and instead was an academic subject that people studied. Amidst all these "theoretical magicians," a practical magician named Mr. Norrell emerges on the scene and does some snazzy magic
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I finished Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell this afternoon and have to say I did end up really enjoying it. The first bit (until Strange appeared) was a bit of a slog, and the book is rather slow paced. However, the creativity and deliberateness to it was wonderful. I would love to read a book made up solely of the stories Stephen & Mrs. Pole told when trying to speak of their enchantment.
SOMEDAY I WILL FINISH THIS BOOK.
ETA: AHAHA I FINISHED IT. I really liked it, but I also kind of deeply resent it at the same time. IDEK.
ETA: AHAHA I FINISHED IT. I really liked it, but I also kind of deeply resent it at the same time. IDEK.
I'd like there to be a sixth star, so I could begin to rate this properly.
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Fantastic.
Aug 21, 2007
Mandy
rated it
it was amazing
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Mar 16, 2012
Erin
marked it as to-read
Jan 31, 2013
Miket01
marked it as gave-up-on
