Would I Recommend It?
Ten thousand times, YES!
My Thoughts:
Oh my, oh my, and oh my ten thousand and more times over. Just LOVED this book.
The writing is beautiful with some of the best descriptions that make you not only picture the moment, but feel that moment. For some they may find it too flowery. I didn’t. I wholeheartedly enjoyed the descriptions. It was a harder read for me because it required really staying focused. Some descriptions I read over several times because I enjoyed them that much. I would also pause and think or laugh about that moment. To me, Alix’s writing was simply different than what I’m used to reading and I simply loved that she changed my mindset about descriptive language.
It’s a book about love, a girl, a dog, growing up, adventure, family, evil, friendship, race, class, fairy tale characters, myths, and sprinkle in some fantasy.
This book is also a love story to writers and how they create worlds for us, readers, to escape into. To enable us to imagine stories outside of our own. Feel. Laugh. Love. It’s about the power of writing. It simply really is a beautiful book.
If you’re a fantasy fanatic then don’t approach this book as a fantasy novel. I’ve read several reviews where people practically shunned Alix Harrow for not doing world building. That there wasn’t enough content about the fantasy worlds. Cause that wasn’t the point of this book, people! And if you read the Q&A the author flat out says that she does not have a good imagination hence her forte is not in creating overly descriptive fantasy worlds. The fantasy in this book is simply a background to the fantastic stories of the characters. I wholeheartedly enjoyed it.
Favorite Quotes:
“Maybe all powerful men are cowards at heart, because in their hearts they know power is temporary.” – page 340 out of 371
“I’ve left a trail of faces just like that behind me in three dozen worlds. It’s good for ’em. Trying to explain things that can’t be explained is how you get stories and fairy tales.” – page 198 out of 371
“Do I regret it? Would I take it back, if I could? […] It depends which weighs more: a life, or a soul.” – page 196 out of 371
“and the conversation died a merciful death.” – page 42 out of 371
Book:
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Author:
Alix Harrow
Genre:
Fiction, Fantasy, Love Story
My Rating:
5 Stars
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