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 … 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 … I can appreciate why this book is popular, but it felt more generic than it should have to me.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
| author: | Alix E. Harrow (2019) |
|---|---|
| date read: | 2021-05-13 |
| pages: | 384 |
| lists: | fantasy , portal , ya |
| rating: | ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
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