Dept. of Books

[kaffy_r]

 I Forgot To Mention

I have been meaning for some time to read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I finally took the time to get it from the library, and I'm enjoying it a great deal. It's sort of Austenian, but that's probably a very lazy way to describe Susanna Clarke's intricate and elegant tale of magic in a Regency England that is almost, but not quite, ours. So far, I'm finding Mr. Norrell both pathetically unlikeable and fascinating. I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of Jonathan Strange. 

Comments

[kaffy_r]

Since I haven't yet met Strange (although I've come to the chapters building up to his introduction,) my knowledge of his character is extremely limited. However, if he is going to be a worthy foil of prissy, but powerful, Mr. Norrell, I expect he will be extremely cool, at least in the book.

[liadt]

Strange hasn't really done anything yet so I guess he has to build up supercoolness? Or it'll be a case of nobody's perfect, even powerful magicians.