Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (No spoilers, I'm only halfway through)

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Damn, I'm enjoying this a huge amount. It's basically a soap opera with nothing to say, but so clever and involving.

― chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (chap), Sunday, 2 October 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

I read about the first 1/3 of it the week it came out & put it down- not sure why I couldn't get into it, but I didn't. I know lots of people who have enjoyed it, though. I just read The Historian which was pretty entertaining.

― lyra (lyra), Monday, 3 October 2005 00:46 (twenty years ago)

I think that there was a thread about this book already. I enjoyed it. It is the sort of book that should be read in the deep of winter while sitting in battered leather armchair while outside the wind howls around the windows. Unfortunately I read it in the heat of a Bangkok April.

― Paul Kelly (kelly), Monday, 3 October 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

it was very entertaining but i barely remember it.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 3 October 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

ten years pass...

The miniseries is on Netflix now. Recommended.

― El Tomboto, Saturday, 27 August 2016 22:14 (nine years ago)

Yeah it's really nice. I have the book by the foot of the bed which I'll get to read at some point. The TV version looked great.
Possibly crying for a sequel though possibly not.
Do love costume dramas for period costumes. They do inspire what I make clothingwise.

― Stevolende, Sunday, 28 August 2016 08:01 (nine years ago)

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