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I loved Jonathan Strange, but did feel overly long at time. Pre ordered and got a signed copy of piranesi, was for some reason expecting to be a similar style to JS, but completely different, and think I enjoyed it more.
Sam_w-
I had this silly feeling that with Jonathan Strange the author hadn’t read a novel before (obviously bollocks) but the pacing and the strange rambling style did drag in places. But I guess this was deliberate and Clarke has a kind of innate ability to draw on barely remembered folklore and tales and doesn’t reveal as much as we would like.
Alf0nse
Enjoying Piranesi : Susanna Clarke
It’s better paced than Jonathan Strange, but a proper mindfuck. Could be adapted into a very strange play