The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Published by Redhook on September 10, 2019
my rating: ★★★★
Goodreads avg: 4.11 (as of 2020-07-03)
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She became something else entirely, something so radiant and wild and fierce that a single world could not contain her, and she was obliged to find others.
I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the story here. For me, this was a page-turner but I know others have found it slow and I agree that the pacing lagged in some areas. The characters were fun to read but largely felt one-dimensional; I felt like I should have cared more about the side characters than I did and while I liked the story of January’s parents, I wasn’t really drawn to them as people. But the concept made up for it and the twists really got me. I read this as a YA fantasy and I believe the MC is in her late teens for the bulk of the book, but the author has said it was written for an adult audience, just for the record!
content warnings: loss/grief; animal abuse; forced institutionalization; racism
Interesting! I had this on my TBR at one point but saw a ton of negative reactions to it and eventually removed it- now I’m reconsidering! It sounds like there are definitely some ups and downs, but good twists are so much fun… I’m glad you enjoyed this one!
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i know some others had way more issues with the pacing than i did, but i just found the story so much fun that i couldn’t put it down!
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Glad you liked this! Maybe a fun fantasy read is something I need rn. Considering picking it up. Great review 🙂
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thanks! hope it’s equally fun for you if you do 🙂
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