Among Others worked super well for me, especially considering that there is little-to-no plot and the whole book is a well-dressed bibliography. But the protagonist’s (diary author) voice is super strong and realistic, and β¦ okay, let’s be honest here: I felt very pandered to in the best way. This book is in some way a modern equivalent to Gaudy Night, intellectual+atmospheric pandering to an in-group, and I’m in the in-group, and that’s all there is to it.
I'm currently behind on reviews, so don't be surprised if the recent reviews are a bit sparse.
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Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.
There are books you can fall into and pull up over your head. Thereβs the distant hope of a karass sometime in the future.