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Original Title: | The Ten Thousand Doors of January |
ISBN: | 0316421995 (ISBN13: 9780316421997) |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2020), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2019), Audie Award Nominee for Best Female Narrator and Winner for Fantasy (2020), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy and for Debut Novel (2019), BookNest Award Nominee for Best Debut Novel (2019) |
Alix E. Harrow
Hardcover | Pages: 374 pages Rating: 4.11 | 25813 Users | 5473 Reviews
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Title | : | The Ten Thousand Doors of January |
Author | : | Alix E. Harrow |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 374 pages |
Published | : | September 10th 2019 by Redhook |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Young Adult. Audiobook. Magical Realism |
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In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own. Lush and richly imagined, a tale of impossible journeys, unforgettable love, and the enduring power of stories awaits in Alix E. Harrow’s spellbinding debut–step inside and discover its magic.Rating Containing Books The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Ratings: 4.11 From 25813 Users | 5473 ReviewsWeigh Up Containing Books The Ten Thousand Doors of January
3 stars. A spellbinding, imaginative, unique journey!This novel is a creative, haunting and original story. The main character, January, is a young girl who finds a magical book that takes her on a journey through hidden doors into other worlds. In search of her family and of herself, January tries to piece together her past.Based on the synopsis, I knew this was a bit of a risky read, but I wanted to take the plunge and try something outside of my usual genre. The first half of the book wasI almost didnt write this review.I felt that to speak of this book would be to contain what it did to me, to diminish it somehow. And I didnt want to do that. The Ten Thousand Doors of January is almost less a novel than an experience: never have I felt more like I was part of things, moved by the same current, like my soul had disconnected from my body and drifted among fictional souls in a mist somewhere between fantasy and reality. It seemed hardly credible when I finished reading that I
reading this book was like experiencing something gorgeous and beautiful and aching. I fully admire the writing and wanted to save half a million quotes. It also gave me strong flashbacks to things like Narnia (my whole childhood was Narnia so this story was such an adult homecoming) and also Strange the Dreamer, utterly and fully. If you love Strange, do try this. I think the strength of this book was the prose first, characters second. And it always takes me a little while to settle into the
Seeing the cover? - Want it!Seeing the synopsis? - Need it!Realising it is about escaping the reality? - Well, run a DNA test cuz I and this book relate for sure
This Review ✍ Blog 📖 Twitter 🐦 Instagram 📷 How fitting, that the most terrifying time in my life should require me to do what I do best: escape into a book. 🌟 Disclaimer: ARC provided by the publisher in exchange of an honest review!🌟 I am not a big fan of history in general and it was always my least favorite subject in school. I found that the same applies to the bookish world and that I am not a big fan of historical fiction. I saw someone describing this as historical fantasy and I was
"There's only one way to run away from your own story, and that's to sneak into someone else's." The Ten Thousand Doors of January is a wild, magical, fascinating story about incredible journeys, love, family, loss, and loyalty.At the turn of the 20th century January Scaller is a young, curious girl whose father travels for business, hunting the world for antiquities and oddities, so he leaves her in the care of his employer, the eccentric collector of artifacts, Mr. Locke. Locke treats January
All the stars! Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature (along with my co-reviewer Marion's excellent review):The Ten Thousand Doors of January is perched at the top of the mountain of portal fantasies that Ive read in my life. Its set apart by Alix E. Harrows intelligent and truly gorgeous writing, unique characters including true friends and a fiercely loyal dog and a complex and twisty plot, combined with thoughtful consideration of racial and class prejudice, powerful men who make
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