“It's magic!”
Abinadi Ayerdis wrote this review 14 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“It is quite confusing at times with the long footnotes, but in whole it's a very interesting book. Well written and mysterious...”
Wiwi T wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The book was well written, but I was disappointed by the fact that I read far too many pages for such little payoff. ”
Jesse D wrote this review 10 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“harry potter for adults (i like harry potter too). magic in a mature and "grown-up" kind of way. very original, eerie, and entertaining to the end. ”
Josh P wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I had high hopes and it is well thought out, but rather boring and just didn't really fulfill like it should have. If you put this much time and energy into reading a book it should be a little better.”
Joon wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“An amazing work of art. Love this story! Full of dry wit, history, crisp writing and elegant characters.”
Linda M wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is the best fantasy novel I've read so far. It's dramatic, humorous and exciting. Also, I love magician-type characters. The power level of magic in the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is well balanced. It's not too powerful like in high fantasy and it's fairly believable because magic isn't a cure-all to all life's problems as depicted in the book. The most entertaining bits in the book are the various footnotes and anecdotes which adds some realism. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell belongs to the shelf of the fantasy aficionado. No wonder Neil Gaiman praises this book.”
Gohlico wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I enjoyed every single chapter of this book. It's witty, but subtly so, and interweaves magic and history in such a fun way! The characters are wonderful and vivid, the plot is mezmerizing, and... You HAVE to read the footnotes. They just make the entire book ten times better.”
Plinko wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No