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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Absolutely fantastic! Gorgeous writing: picturesque, lyrical, beautiful prose in service of a fantastical, magical story. I tore through this book, eagerly, hungrily, in just a few days. The story is very inventive, rich in nuance and detail. It filled me with sense of longing and loss, fun and wonder. To scour the world with January Scaller, a complex and compelling protagonist, and her faithful canine friend Sindbad, in search of Doors, would be a grand adventure and worth the hardships. I hope Samuel will be able to rejoin them. The Ten Thousand Doors Of January was borrowed from my public library, but it will be added to the permanent collection. Between this and A Spindle Splintered, Alix Harrow, in only two books, has quickly become a newly discovered favorite writer. ( ) When January was a young girl, she found a door that opened to another world. But Mr. Locke (her father’s boss and essentially her surrogate father, since her own dad spent almost all his time traveling the world looking for treasures for Mr. Locke’s collection) severely punished her for having such fanciful thoughts, so she put it out of her mind and went on with the business of growing up. Now, at 17, she’s told that her father is dead, and things begin to happen to and around her that make her return to the idea of worlds behind doors… An excellent idea for a story, and the world(s) building is nicely done. I enjoyed the book just fine, but I fell just shy of *loving* it, mostly because the characters felt a little flat. I was interested in where the story was going, but I never felt fulling invested in the people involved. Still, a fun read. Let me start by saying this is not my typical read. I never read fantasy, ever. I never even look at it. How this one slipped into my Barnes & Noble pile is beyond me --- I blame the gorgeous cover art. But, now that I'm through reading it, I'm rethinking my hard core stance against fantasy novels...because this was really good. I can't even bring myself to rate down one star for profanity, which I always do. It was just such a fantastic story. Addressing the profanity--- I usually rant about it because I see no reason to use it in most cases. Unless you're falling off a cliff, it serves no purpose other than to just be negative. The profanity in this one did serve a purpose, however. It continuously snapped me out of my beautiful reverie and back into reality --- which was unfortunate. This author truly has a gift for the glorious putting together of words. It made me sad to see her introduce profanities that so much cheapened it all. But beyond that... there were several places in the story I especially took note of. pg. 94-95: Ade is outside looking up at the treetops above her head. "in the absence of the old tree, there was a hole in the canopy above her. Ade began to suspect that, for the first time in her life, she was free." When I read that, I immediately thought about the way I felt after I lost my Dad in January 2022. Even though I had a husband and four sons to watch over me still, I felt a little more alone in the world without my Dad. When I first read this part in the story, that hole symbolized the loss of a source of protection. However, it also represented the freedom I felt --- no more guilt over not living my life the way he thought I should. No more guilt of not pleasing someone who will never be fully pleased. pg. 307: "I sat, watching the country turn rich and wet, the hills rising and diving like great emerald whales..." Aaah... that is so beautiful! pg. 349: "I'd grown up thinking of my father as fundamentally foreign, eccentric, unlike anyone else; now I saw he was just a man very far from home." I also saw a lot of social and political symbolism in the story. Some was obvious --- others I wondered if they were meant to be there. For instance, pg. 229 describes the doors being destroyed by "natural disasters" that obviously aren't natural. Explosions, fires, floods, landslides, etc. All I could think was Lahaina, East Palestine, cows, chickens, food production facilities... every day since March 2020 in one slow-cooking pot of frog soup. I'll be keeping an eye on this author for future works. It looks like her next one glorifies witchcraft so I'll need to avoid, but we'll see what she does after that! In the meantime, I might check out the fantasy section a little more closely...
Harrow’s novel will hold strong appeal to readers who enjoy portal fantasies featuring adventuresome women. PremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
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HTML: TODA HISTORIA ABRE UNA PUERTA. ENTRA Y DESCUBRE LA MAGIA. A principios del siglo XX, una joven se embarca en un viaje fantástico de autodescubrimiento después de encontrar un misterioso libro. BEST SELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMES Y LOS ANGELES TIMES. NOVELA FINALISTA DE LOS PREMIOS HUGO, NEBULA, LOCUS Y FANTASY WORLD AWARDS 2020. Enero Scaller es una joven curiosa que vive en una extensa mansión llena de objetos y tesoros peculiares. Como la pupila del rico Sr. Locke, se siente un poco distinta a todo aquello que la rodea. Entre todos los artefactos que habitan la casa, Enero descubrirá un maravilloso libro: un libro que la llevará a otros mundos y que cuenta una historia repleta de puertas secretas, de amor, aventura y peligro. Cada vez que pase una de sus páginas se le revelarán verdades imposibles hasta descubrir que la historia que lee está cada vez más entrelazada con la suya. Exuberante y ricamente imaginativa, el fascinante debut de Alix E. Harrow presenta una historia sobre viajes imposibles, sobre amores inolvidables y sobre el poder eterno de la palabra. «La novela comienza como una simple aventura, pero al igual que sus puertas misteriosamente transportadoras, te lleva más y más hacia dentro cuanto más lees. Cada página deslumbra al lector y le da a descubrir miles de cosas: una mansión de artefactos increíbles, un diario secreto, una búsqueda constante de lugares extraños y hermosos, y una historia de amor que abarca el tiempo, los mundos y la magia.» Peng Shepherd «Harrow ha creado una narración de múltiples capas ricamente imaginada, repleta de asombro, imaginación y fuerza.» Jordana Max Brodsky «Toda la magia que una vez conociste, pero que casi has olvidado, te espera en estas páginas para que la redescubras de nuevo.» Melisa Caruso «Un libro maravilloso, perspicaz e imaginativo. Lo recomiendo encarecidamente.» Josiah Bancroft «Tantos mundos, puertas que desaparecen, magia alucinante: me aferré a cada página, buscando respuestas. ¡Esta es una de las obras de ficción más singulares que he leído!» Tamora Pierce, autora best seller del New York Times «Una hermosa y dolorosa carta de amor a las historias, a los narradores de cuentos y a las puertas por las que nos conducen. Absolutamente encantador.» Christina Henry «Una novela devastadoramente buena, una historia nítida y delicada de mundos dentro de mundos, historias dentro de historias y el poder de las palabras. » Melissa Albert «Una novela que ha sanado heridas que ni siquiera sabía que tenía. Una historia increíblemente hermosa sobre el crecimiento y nuestra lucha por mantenernos en el camino.» Amal El-Mohtar, ganador de un Premio Hugo «Una carta de amor a la imaginación, la aventura, la palabra escrita y el poder de distintos tipos de amor.» Kirkus Reviews «Los lectores que buscan una fantasía fresca con una historia de amor duradera no necesitan buscar más.» BookPage .No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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