A review by melhara
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
slow-paced
1.0
This book had no business being 32 hours long for the audiobook or 1006 pages long for the paperback copy.
The last 1000+ page book I read was Les Misérables in which I thought the length was justified for the most part (except for maybe about 200 or so pages) because the background context that was provided for each character was fascinating and played a huge part in understanding the plot and character development. The same cannot be said for this book.
This book could have easily been condensed into 200 or so pages and maybe even turned into a novella because, for the most part, this book was just full of meaningless ramblings, fluffy prose, and unimportant and boring filler information that doesn't add much to the overall plot.
The last 1000+ page book I read was Les Misérables in which I thought the length was justified for the most part (except for maybe about 200 or so pages) because the background context that was provided for each character was fascinating and played a huge part in understanding the plot and character development. The same cannot be said for this book.
This book could have easily been condensed into 200 or so pages and maybe even turned into a novella because, for the most part, this book was just full of meaningless ramblings, fluffy prose, and unimportant and boring filler information that doesn't add much to the overall plot.