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Title: Thank God it was a loaner.
Review: The subject matter is potentially exciting and the writer is both technically competent and apparently familiar with the period.That gets the book one star.Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell is not exciting, nor humorous, nor romantic. Even drama seems lacking. From a slow start, it drags on page by page, promising much, but never delivering. In a word, it is boring. I made it through about 90 pages then went off do some gardening. My intelligent, talented, accomplished, speed reading wife made it about 3/8s of the way through the book before arriving at the same conclusion and switching to another book. She LIKES "arty" books.Thank God this was a loaner.
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