![]() In a lot of ways, this thing that I was drawn to in him was very much connected with a focus on the “natural world,” and I use quotations because “nature” in the House is very different from what we think of as nature. It also hurt more when I saw evidence of him forgetting, making mistakes, and misinterpreting things (like the Other’s feelings towards him). My affection for him only grew as he grappled with the confusion of figuring out the truth. ![]() There was also, I don’t quite know how to explain it, this feeling that he had a purity of spirit, and it was connected to the way he lived his life, and the way he viewed the House. His curiosity, his kindness, his patience, and hard work, they just really got to me. SPOILERS I felt a deep love for Piranesi, almost from the first. More detailed thoughts under spoiler tag. I’m going to have to read it several more times I think before I really land on what I liked so much about it (without going into spoilers here). It’s not going to be for everyone, but I really recommend giving it a go. It’s more quiet, even when things are happening. It’s not a flashy book, with lots of magic or action sequences. Norrell, and not just because it’s less than 250 pages long. ![]() It’s very different from Jonathan Strange & Mr. I only knew bare bones from a quick glance at the blurb, and things I’d picked up just from being on Goodreads all the time, and it was definitely better that way. I’m not going to say much about the book itself in the main review space because you should go in knowing as little as possible. Anyway, that was weird, considering how well I got along with the entire rest of the book. I’d be interested to see what other people interpret as having happened there, because it just sort of landed with a dull thud in my head, although I can see glimpses of meaning in that final line. And when I say the ending, what I mean is literally the last two pages of the book. But then, the ending didn’t quite gel with me. Very weird feeling for a such a deceptively simple book. It kept pulling me back, and I was always thinking about it when I wasn’t reading it. I was thoroughly charmed while reading it, very quickly began feeling a deep, affectionate love for Piranesi, and felt weird whenever I put the book back down. I will say that I was verrrry close to giving this five stars. Part of me also just wanted to sit with it, alone, and see what happened. America! America outraged! America broken! America.I actually read this back in September but let it fall through the cracks, and haven’t rated or reviewed it until now.Poem of the Day: When people say, “we have made it.Kim Stanley Robinson's THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE.Things That From a Long Way Off Look Like Flies (58).Norrell, then probably the parts that put you off are I will say that if you generally like fantasy but were put off by Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.-Ok, I kid: I know that that latter book was notįor everyone, although for a large number of people it was utterly superb. ![]() The rest of you should go read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Of course, for many of you, "by theĪuthor of Jonathan Strange and Mr. After I finished reading it, I glanced at aįew reviews, and I was very glad I hadn't done so first. That's the long and the short of it, except that I shouldĪdd that I think it's a particularly good book to go into blind. Basically, if you like good fantasy novels, Their onlyĬommonality is that both are distinctly British fantasy novels. Unlike it that you would never guess that they were by the same author. I just finished reading Susana Clarke's second novel, Piranesi (2020) and it is just as wonderful as her first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. ![]()
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