Coming-of-age stories are possibly just not for me anymore. The book-driven portal fantasy is nice enough, and the helping of “remember how bad turn-of-the-century racism is” is not bad if a bit forced, but โฆ I just didn’t care about the predictable story. If only there had been a bigger focus on the portals, or the portal writing, or the portal worlds โฆ I can appreciate why this book is popular, but it felt more generic than it should have to me.
I'm currently behind on reviews, so don't be surprised if the recent reviews are a bit sparse.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
author: | Alix E. Harrow (2019) |
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date added: | 2021-06-07 |
date read: | 2021-05-13 |
pages: | 384 |
author: | gender:female, origin:us |
awards: | british-fantasy-award-nominees, hugo-award-nominees, locus-award-nominees, nebula-award-nominees, world-fantasy-award-nominees |
genre: | fantasy, ya |
themes: | portal |
rating: | โ โ โ โ โ |