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A review by allisonjpmiller
Little, Big by John Crowley
4.0
More than the sum of its parts—but then, that's the very point it's trying to make, isn't it? The individual events of a person's life (and this book) on their own, taken singly, don't seem qualified to add up to some grand, all-encompassing Tale: and yet they do.
This is a breathtakingly intricate novel. While I didn't love it as thoroughly as I did [b:Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr|34466930|Ka Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr|John Crowley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1508662187l/34466930._SX50_.jpg|55587006], it's still every inch the masterwork its devoted fanbase makes it out to be (even if, at points, it is so obviously the work of a younger Crowley more prone to overindulgence). It's the kind of book that does something to you while you're reading it; it's alive and acting on you, almost always. And it manages a rare feat—that of perfectly mirroring its subject matter in structure, content, and form.
Well worth the trust I placed in it.
This is a breathtakingly intricate novel. While I didn't love it as thoroughly as I did [b:Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr|34466930|Ka Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr|John Crowley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1508662187l/34466930._SX50_.jpg|55587006], it's still every inch the masterwork its devoted fanbase makes it out to be (even if, at points, it is so obviously the work of a younger Crowley more prone to overindulgence). It's the kind of book that does something to you while you're reading it; it's alive and acting on you, almost always. And it manages a rare feat—that of perfectly mirroring its subject matter in structure, content, and form.
Well worth the trust I placed in it.