Tag: fantasy
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The Girl From the Other Side by Nagabe
Everything about this is unique, and unforgettable in a way that I haven’t come across with manga before (I’m no expert here, but I’m not alone. My kid agrees and they’ve been a manga freak for years). It’s the only manga I’ve read that brought me to tears (the last frame of book 3) and…
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Despite this being way outside of my usual taste, I really enjoyed it. The last section dragged to some degree, and the climax was a little more convoluted than it needed to be, but Clarke’s writing is so readable, funny and clever that I couldn’t put it down.