Fantasy
The Deathly Hallows
I got my copy from the library. Everyone remarked how I was only reading it ‘now’ and glared. Like I give a fuck. I cried over Snape. He broke my heart.
Quotes
“Within every book there lies concealed a book of nothing. Don’s you sense it when you read a page brimming with words? The vast gulf of emptiness beneath the frail net of letters. The ghostliness of the letters themselves. Giving a resemblance of life to things and people who are really nothing. Nothing at all. [...]
The Mists of Avalon
If you watched the TNT series but didn’t read the book, I feel sorry for you. The mini-series is something that I loathe immensely, something so vile and stupid in comparison to this amazing piece of literature. The novel grabs your attention from page one. It brims with larger than life female characters, much overlooked [...]
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
It combines my favourite genres of fantasy and historical fiction, splendidly delivered in a style akin to Austen and sundry. The characters possess enough depth and realism; Strange and Norrell share admirable traits and happily, as many faults. There are moments of solemnity, humour, hostile magic and then there is the strangely alluring Raven King [...]
