Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

[VTChEwbecca]

I bought this book the day it came out in hardback, so must be a couple of years back now. I can remember reading the first hundred or so pages and was enjoying it to a degree. But I gave up on not long after the action had moved to London. I can remember a scene near the opening within a church where a character causes some magick to happen; other than that, very little.

I suppose I will read it one day as one of my little ambitions is to read all the books I actually own, which I know is never going to happen.

The beginning of the London part is a bit slow, but it definitely picks up from there.

I finished JS&MN a week ago and LOVED it. I thought the writing style was wonderful and the humor throughout often made me laugh. I agree with the comment above that it has a Dickenson feeling; I've also seen it described to have a Jane Austen type of humor, which I can see, as well. I hear Clarke is writing another book from the same era, but focusing on lower classes. Of course, JS&MN took her 10 years to write, so we may be waiting a while for this next book. I, myself, know that I will be purchasing it when it comes out, as I throughly enjoyed the world of JS&MN.