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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clark. Got a hardback copy for $5 at Half Price Books, and so far it's enjoyable. The style of writing is kind of mock-Dickens, so it doesn't exactly let you get lost in the story, but it definitely succeeds at being amusing.
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I'm still struggling with this book off and on. I feel that if I'm going to be bored with footnotes I'd rather read Eco, or a textbook. Pratchett can keep me interested in his footnotes because they're so short and usually a bit funny.
I don't know why, but it reminds me more of Jane Austen (which I can't penetrate at all) than Dickens.
I really want to like JS&MN, just like I really want to like Eco's
The Island of the Day Before.