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Title: Outstanding.
Review: I enjoy fantasy a great deal but so much of it is Tolkien redux, in fact I'd almost forgotten that it was possible to make a fantasy any other way... until I read two books that reminded me how narrow and uninspired fantasy has become. The first was "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman and the second was "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell". It's hard to think of two more different books yet both are "fantasy" (anything with magic is fantasy in my book but these labels are always loose). There isn't much I can add that hasn't been said, I just wanted to throw in a very enthusiastic thumbs up. I highly recommend this, it's amazing to think this is her first novel.So, don't despair! there is unique and inspired fantasy novels to be found and this book is one of them.
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