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Originally Posted by Gwathagor
It seems no one has mentioned Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell...
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I had discussed JS & MR earlier in this thread...
http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpos...&postcount=663
I came away from the book dissatisfied. It droned on far too long after a very promising start, and the characters became less and less interesting as the story advanced. Both Strange and Norrell both came off as a bit thick, and the allusions to imaginary books, although clever at the beginning, became an anchor no less heavy than the copious allusions found in Melville's Moby Dick (a novel I respect but despise all the same). As the Emperor told Mozart in the movie 'Amadeus', "There you have it -- too many notes."
I usually rate books on whether I would reread them (I do the same with movies). I would not reread this book.