The Ten Thousand Doors of January
In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.
Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.
Lush and richly imagined, a tale of impossible journeys, unforgettable love, and the enduring power of stories awaits in Alix E. Harrow’s spellbinding debut–step inside and discover its magic.
This Review ✍ Blog 📖 Twitter 🐦 Instagram 📷 How fitting, that the most terrifying time in my life should require me to do what I do best: escape into a book. 🌟 Disclaimer: ARC provided by the publisher in exchange of an honest review!🌟 I am not a big fan of history in general and it was always my least favorite subject in school. I found that the same applies to the bookish world and that I am not a big fan of historical fiction. I saw someone describing this as historical fantasy and I was
5 thousand stars first for wonderful, amazing illustration on the cover and five thousand stars go for rest of the heart throbbing, one of the most creative, colorful, joyful journeys to many different imaginary portals you can never imagine to visit!FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT, OPEN YOUR EYES, READY TO COUNT TO 10 THOUSAND! This is amazing combination of McGuires Wayward Children Series and Stephen Kings Dark Tower series! BLURB: Seven years old Januarys revelation of finding a door opens to Faerie,
"There's only one way to run away from your own story, and that's to sneak into someone else's." The Ten Thousand Doors of January is a wild, magical, fascinating story about incredible journeys, love, family, loss, and loyalty.At the turn of the 20th century January Scaller is a young, curious girl whose father travels for business, hunting the world for antiquities and oddities, so he leaves her in the care of his employer, the eccentric collector of artifacts, Mr. Locke. Locke treats January
Really good! Beautiful and precious prose. Somehow I didnt expect it to be so YA, but I ended up liking that too. Theres a lot of clever treatment of imperialism and rich collectors. Really the whole book feels deeply grounded in critical history, which for me also made the magic of doors and their fantastic worlds feel fantastically grounded too. I loved that. There are some fierce antiracist and anti-imperialist politics woven in here, and they work wonderfully.If youve been interested in this
reading this book was like experiencing something gorgeous and beautiful and aching. I fully admire the writing and wanted to save half a million quotes. It also gave me strong flashbacks to things like Narnia (my whole childhood was Narnia so this story was such an adult homecoming) and also Strange the Dreamer, utterly and fully. If you love Strange, do try this. I think the strength of this book was the prose first, characters second. And it always takes me a little while to settle into the
3 stars. A spellbinding, imaginative, unique journey!This novel is a creative, haunting and original story. The main character, January, is a young girl who finds a magical book that takes her on a journey through hidden doors into other worlds. In search of her family and of herself, January tries to piece together her past.Based on the synopsis, I knew this was a bit of a risky read, but I wanted to take the plunge and try something outside of my usual genre. The first half of the book was
Alix E. Harrow
Hardcover | Pages: 374 pages Rating: 4.11 | 25813 Users | 5473 Reviews
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Original Title: | The Ten Thousand Doors of January |
ISBN: | 0316421995 (ISBN13: 9780316421997) |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2020), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2019), Audie Award Nominee for Best Female Narrator and Winner for Fantasy (2020), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy and for Debut Novel (2019), BookNest Award Nominee for Best Debut Novel (2019) |
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In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut.In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.
Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.
Lush and richly imagined, a tale of impossible journeys, unforgettable love, and the enduring power of stories awaits in Alix E. Harrow’s spellbinding debut–step inside and discover its magic.
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Title | : | The Ten Thousand Doors of January |
Author | : | Alix E. Harrow |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 374 pages |
Published | : | September 10th 2019 by Redhook |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Young Adult. Audiobook. Magical Realism |
Rating Regarding Books The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Ratings: 4.11 From 25813 Users | 5473 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books The Ten Thousand Doors of January
All the stars! Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature (along with my co-reviewer Marion's excellent review):The Ten Thousand Doors of January is perched at the top of the mountain of portal fantasies that Ive read in my life. Its set apart by Alix E. Harrows intelligent and truly gorgeous writing, unique characters including true friends and a fiercely loyal dog and a complex and twisty plot, combined with thoughtful consideration of racial and class prejudice, powerful men who makeThis Review ✍ Blog 📖 Twitter 🐦 Instagram 📷 How fitting, that the most terrifying time in my life should require me to do what I do best: escape into a book. 🌟 Disclaimer: ARC provided by the publisher in exchange of an honest review!🌟 I am not a big fan of history in general and it was always my least favorite subject in school. I found that the same applies to the bookish world and that I am not a big fan of historical fiction. I saw someone describing this as historical fantasy and I was
5 thousand stars first for wonderful, amazing illustration on the cover and five thousand stars go for rest of the heart throbbing, one of the most creative, colorful, joyful journeys to many different imaginary portals you can never imagine to visit!FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT, OPEN YOUR EYES, READY TO COUNT TO 10 THOUSAND! This is amazing combination of McGuires Wayward Children Series and Stephen Kings Dark Tower series! BLURB: Seven years old Januarys revelation of finding a door opens to Faerie,
"There's only one way to run away from your own story, and that's to sneak into someone else's." The Ten Thousand Doors of January is a wild, magical, fascinating story about incredible journeys, love, family, loss, and loyalty.At the turn of the 20th century January Scaller is a young, curious girl whose father travels for business, hunting the world for antiquities and oddities, so he leaves her in the care of his employer, the eccentric collector of artifacts, Mr. Locke. Locke treats January
Really good! Beautiful and precious prose. Somehow I didnt expect it to be so YA, but I ended up liking that too. Theres a lot of clever treatment of imperialism and rich collectors. Really the whole book feels deeply grounded in critical history, which for me also made the magic of doors and their fantastic worlds feel fantastically grounded too. I loved that. There are some fierce antiracist and anti-imperialist politics woven in here, and they work wonderfully.If youve been interested in this
reading this book was like experiencing something gorgeous and beautiful and aching. I fully admire the writing and wanted to save half a million quotes. It also gave me strong flashbacks to things like Narnia (my whole childhood was Narnia so this story was such an adult homecoming) and also Strange the Dreamer, utterly and fully. If you love Strange, do try this. I think the strength of this book was the prose first, characters second. And it always takes me a little while to settle into the
3 stars. A spellbinding, imaginative, unique journey!This novel is a creative, haunting and original story. The main character, January, is a young girl who finds a magical book that takes her on a journey through hidden doors into other worlds. In search of her family and of herself, January tries to piece together her past.Based on the synopsis, I knew this was a bit of a risky read, but I wanted to take the plunge and try something outside of my usual genre. The first half of the book was
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