Title: Among Others
Author: Jo Walton
Did I like it: Yes, but I'm not super excited about it the way I was about Shadow of the Wind
Should you read it: Bibliophiles will like it, and others may as well.
Synopsis: A teen who loves to read and sees fairies starts at a boarding school following a mysterious incident.
I think my favorite part of this book was the discussions of other books. The book is overdue, but I'm going to sit and make a list of all the books mentioned before returning it because the discussions were so enticing! The only unfortunate thing is that the book is set in '79/'80, so no recent books are mentioned.
I personally didn't like the mentions of fairies but perhaps that is because the fairies are difficult in the book, and I'd prefer them to be easier. There were also parts of the book that were painful to read, but in a good way, a way that books need in order to feel like you read something worthwhile instead of something frivolous.
Like I said above, if you like reading, especially scifi, definitely check out this book. I feel like I'm sort of glossing over this post and I feel bad about it. I finished the book a while ago at this point but just haven't had the time to post because of my thesis, and the book has already faded into my past. On top of that I'm really not enticed by my current book and may (gasp) stop reading it and switch to another... We'll see.
I was wondering how you'd feel about the Faeries. I sort of kept expecting those parts to be more crazy and dramatic and I'm glad they were rather understated. I love the strong female protagonist in this book, and I will probably re-read it many times :)
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