Among Others

I expected so much more, to be honest. This book could have been so much more if the character decided to show instead of just tell most of the time. I mean, I was already halfway towards the end, but still nothing eventful was happening, and it just kept hinting that something would happen without there something actually happening. It just dragged.

I'm not sure when I read this first, because I just checked the "Read" box here Some Time Ago. Guessing I probably read it not long after it came out? Anyway, I'm reading it again for the our SFF book club. And I liked it considerably better than I remember liking it before, even though I'd marked it with 4 stars. Maybe age has given me a new perspective, or pandemic isolation and loneliness make a spicier sauce for the reading this time.

This book is amazing and incredible and everyone should read it.

Obviously I've read this before. Would read it again. Would give 5 stars again. I am just completely in love with it.

Whimsical and beautifully written.

To me, this book is the epitome of the unreliable narrator. Maybe that should make me like it more. In any case, on a visceral level, I didn't deeply enjoy this book. Possible reasons: 1. I don't know enough about science fiction to appreciate the references and possibly grasp some symbolism there. 2. The teenage voice was very realistic, which is a wonderful skill, but not necessarily always enjoyable ;] 3. Plot???? 4. I didn't really find Mor to be very likable (her mother may have a point, Mor seems a tad manipulative and self-interested), or Wim for that matter. Are we supposed to like a boy who calls every girlfriend he's had an "idiot" or a "moron"? No thank you.

Really weird book. More similar to classic literature than fantasy. Many ways to interpret.

Oh my God, I viscerally hated my experience reading this book. I've been recommended 'Among Other's quite a few times because it sounds right up my alley. Magical realism, witches, an unreliable narrator, and a character driven story. All of this technically is in this story but none of it is entertaining in the slightest. I was so bored reading this entire novel, I just had hope that it would pick up by the end and yet absolutely nothing continued to happen. I'm not sure how this won any award, especially the Hugo. Probably one of my newest least favorite books of all time.

Although the book takes place in 1979-1980, it has a feel of a 'between the wars' novel. Young Welch girl, with a tragic past, and her diary at boarding school. A good read as you try and figure out how many of the books she is reading, you've read. And what actually happened with the death of her twin.