The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E. Harrow - ★★★★.¼
AUTHOR: Alix E. Harrow GENRE: Low Fantasy RATING: 4.25 stars. There are books that zoom like an express train, rushing ahead at top speed, leaving you breathless & eager to find out what lies beyond. There are other books that move at a snail's pace, meandering all over, with no end in mind, leaving just a trail of slime behind. And then there are books like this one! Books that make you want to rush ahead and yet proceed slowly! Let me attempt an analogy... Imagine you have been given a jigsaw puzzle. You have to put the pieces together but you haven't been given any reference image. So how exactly the pieces have to be fitted is entirely up to you. In addition, each piece is mesmerising. You get so absorbed in admiring each tiny clue that you forget the motive, the puzzle. But once you see signs of the picture emerging, you find it very difficult to stop and relish the individual pieces. You just want to reach the end asap so that you can appreciate the completed picture