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Pros & Cons
Pros
This novel is a delight. This book sweeps you away to a past you wish had existed.
Norrell is an older magician who has come to the conclusion that magic should be safeguarded because it can be very dangerous otherwise. Jonathan strange is the only magician in england performing practical magic. It's weaves a world where practical m... Read More
Susanna clarke is a master storyteller. This book is magic.
Places and relationships and histories are again crafted with the utmost detail and care. The writing style lends itself perfectly to a novel that takes place in the early 1800s. Interesting, well written, without the abstruse, arcane feel of most tru... Read More
It is everything the glowing reviews say it is. Saved me about $15 from the brand new price. Well worth your time.
Cons
The book is illegible. It rambles on and on, chapter after chapter, pointless footnote after pointless footnote.
This book is less about magic, and more about the preposterous attitudes of the upper class of britain in the time of the wars with napoleon. The drudgery that is the rest of the book is the only explanation as to why this book has such high reviews. ... Read More
Highlights
Quality
The rules of it all the world constructed were done so well
Places and relationships and histories some real some myth some fiction are again crafted with the utmost detail and care
After 800 pages it felt like the ending was hurried along compacted
There are subplots and even entire characters that i feel the author just spends too much time on and it really drags the story... Read More
Price
Saved me about 15 from the brand new price
There is of course a price to be paid for using the power of magic and it manifests itself in the reappearance of the raven kin... Read More
If you are looking for a vacation that costs the price of a book this is it
Packaging/appearance
Arrived in perfect condition red cover was hoping for black cover but im not disappointed
I purchased the used like new and received a book in excellent condition
Anyway good book but be advised that ordering any book on amazon as a gift may result in having to return it because their pack... Read More
This one was for my niece and thankfully it seems intact despite being a large paperback that was just tossed in a plastic envelope
Competitiveness
The story telling created a movie in my imagination that netflix and disney cant compete with
Clarke is akin to the flying burrito brothers an amazing troop of jugglers of the last century
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- This product had a total of 11,145 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 20 2024.
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Jus finishing up the the norrel and strange book
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Faerie magic and nd lots of spell casting going on
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Not as violent as you would think but still kept my attention
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They been raising bodies up from the dead alot though so its kinda creepy
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If you prefer epic fantasy or really any form of fantasy you might want to rethink reading this book
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I know its marketed as historical fantasyfantasy realism which is correct btw but it reads and feels like historical fiction
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Norrell is an older magician who has come to the conclusion that magic should be safeguarded because it can be very dangerous otherwise
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Jonathan doesnt really want a professor he wants a colleague
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