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 β¦ 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 β¦ 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) |
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date read: | 2021-05-13 |
pages: | 384 |
lists: | fantasy, portal, ya |
rating: | β β β β β |

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