Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell<\/i> by Susanna Clarke<\/p>\n
I quite agree with the description “Harry Potter for adults” that I’d heard about this book.<\/p>\n
I’d avoided reading this book because I had been given a recommendation by a bookstore person once… “If you like Harry Potter<\/i>, you’ll love The Thief Lord<\/i>“, which turned out to be an appallingly bad book. I feared Strange<\/i> was just another poorly written, pale subsititute hyped to try and catch a little of the Potter<\/i> sales magic.<\/p>\n
But it’s not. It’s very well written, and has a smart humor to it reminiscent of Jane Austen. Set in the early 1800s, it creates an interesting alternate-history where English Magic had died out 200 years prior and chronicles the efforts of two new magicians to bring it back.<\/p>\n
I should be surprised if a movie doesn’t come along eventually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke I quite agree with the description “Harry Potter for adults” that I’d heard about this book. I’d avoided reading this book because I had been given a recommendation by a bookstore person … Continue reading