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![]() ![]() However, it was so extensive that it became dull and monotonous. The back story and footnotes provided a sufficient foundation for the novel and the differences of ideologies in Strange and Norrell. ![]() Clarke did a thorough job with world-building. My main complaints are the same as everyone else. I had no ideas on how it was going to end while I was reading it.Īs a whole I really struggled with this book. Probably because I had literally no expectations. It was grand and fantastic, and I loved it. The magic reminded me of reading ancient mythologies. Sure, there were things that no longer worked, but it seemed that the greatest limitation was a magician's imagination. ![]() I love that there didn't seem to be any "rules" regarding the magic. I think my favorite part of the novel was probably the world building, which is good, otherwise I may not have made it through. He was an old man with a lot of bad ideas surrounded by bad people who influenced him to make bad decisions, but I felt that he was more naive than conniving and more stubborn than mean. Selfish and idiotic, maybe, but not evil or anything. He did a lot of despicable things, but I don't think his motives were ever despicable. I think it was because of the almost child-like excitement he would get whenever he and Strange would talk magic, and how much he cherished his books (cause I totally get that.). I actually grew to kind of like Norrell, although it took the entire book to get there. ![]()
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