The Ten Thousand Doors of January

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Paperback, 416 pages

Published May 12, 2020 by Redhook.

ISBN:
978-0-316-42197-3
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4 stars (2 reviews)

Enero Demico es una joven curiosa que vive en una extensa mansión llena de objetos y tesoros peculiares. Como la pupila del rico Sr. Locke, se siente un poco distinta a todo aquello que la rodea. Entre todos los artefactos que habitan la casa, Enero descubrirá un maravilloso libro: un libro que la llevará a otros mundos y que cuenta una historia repleta de puertas secretas, de amor, aventura y peligro. Cada vez que pase una de sus páginas se le revelarán verdades imposibles hasta descubrir que la historia que lee está cada vez más entrelazada con la suya.

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reviewed The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Decent read, maybe best appreciated by younger readers

No rating

I found this book interesting enough to finish (bear in mind I drop 75% of the books I pick up).The dual(ish) timeline kept the plot from being completely linear, and the prose was very readable.

January didn’t appeal to me as a character. She didn’t strike me as someone who learns from experience, even if (vague spoiler) some of that might be due to external influences. It seemed the other characters were either there to help her (that being their whole purpose in life), or to be villainously villainous. This probably reflects a young target readership.

Overall, a decent read, though I probably won’t pick it up again.

reviewed The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Perfetto per adolescenti.

4 stars

... e NON è una critica, eh. Al di là del tema "il capitalismo e lo sfruttamento dell'ambiente (sotto metafora) fanno schifissimo", si tratta di un libro perfetto per adolescenti sia come protagonista che come tipo di problemi personali in cui la protagonista si dibatte. Quanto alla struttura narrativa, contiene alcune scelte di trama che possono ad alcunz sembrare un po' trite, ma è principalmente una questione di chilometraggio letture, non di età.