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A (very strange but lovely) fantasy for book lovers.

Among Others by Jo Walton

May 16, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 3/30 “I didn’t ask to have my good leg replaced by a creaky rusty weathervane, but then I suppose nobody does. I would have made much greater sacrifices. I was prepared to die, and Mor *did* die. I should think of it as a war-wound, an old soldier’s scars. Frodo lost a finger, and all his own possibility of happiness. Tolkien understood about the things that happen after the end. Because this is after the end, this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, among others, Books about books, british fantasy, historical fantasy, jo walton, narfna, wales

narfna's CBR14 Review No:71 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, among others, Books about books, british fantasy, historical fantasy, jo walton, narfna, wales ·
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The Phurnicite factory in Abercwmboi killed all the trees for two miles around.

Among Others by Jo Walton

May 4, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a really wonderful novel. It’s kind of weird mix of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend, Matilda by Roald Dahl, and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. This weird combination is never all of one plus, but a blending of elements of each. Morwenna is 14 and has either just survived a horrendous car crash that killed her mother and sister, or conversely, she and her sister worked together using their shared magic to stop their mother from taking over the world of men via the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: among others, jo walton

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:243 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: among others, jo walton ·
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Something wicked this way comes

December 31, 2016 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

I need to seek out more writing by Jo Walton. Among Others wasn’t what I thought it would be. It’s fantasy, but only with the lightest touch. It’s magical realism without the overwhelming weirdness that usually comes along with that genre. Among Others centers on Morwenna who grew up in Wales among the fairies, her twin sister, and her batshit crazy mother. After a horrible accident she seeks out her long lost father. He and his three sisters set her up at a boarding school […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: among others, fantasy, Fiction, jo walton, witches

yesknopemaybe's CBR8 Review No:75 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: among others, fantasy, Fiction, jo walton, witches ·
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