Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

Unbearable, boring, pretentious. When I have to force myself to read even a few pages from a book, it means I'm not enjoying it at all. That has been happening for the last months with this unswallowable brick.

The thing I regret the most, is having left aside so many other books I wanted to read, because I'm used to read only one book at a time.

I guess I'll just watch the TV series, just out of curiosity. I hope it's more enjoyable than this book.

What an absolutely delightful read. You get transported to the age of the British gentlemen. I kept thinking while reading this book, "this is what we need in the US, more class". Yes, yes, the book had magicians, faeries, and all that stuff, too. The story was wondering, though well done. It does drag out a couple of times. Many of the places that I think the author was expecting an OMG moment from readers, I had already worked out in my head. Overall, it kept my interest, I loved the 19th century demeanor, and had a wonderful ending (while I did find some of the book predictable, the ending was not one of them.