The Ten Thousand Doors of January - The Library of the Uncommons

KnitAFett reviewed The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Very very meh

3 stars

Listened to this on audiobook. I found the premise of this book to be interesting and fun. But holy crap so much stuff could have been cut out of this book. I almost DNFd in the first third because it was DRAGGING ON. Then things finally start happening and then there's another sudden lull where it's just dragging...I found myself not really caring about any of the characters and what might happen to them.

And why did it take so long for a book called the thousand doors to actually really have things going on with doors?!

I finished it up because as I said, the premise was intriguing and I wanted to see what was done with it. I didn't hate it. But I didn't like it and it's not one that I will be recommending to people.

MH Thaung reviewed The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Decent read, maybe best appreciated by younger readers

No rating

I found this book interesting enough to finish (bear in mind I drop 75% of the books I pick up).The dual(ish) timeline kept the plot from being completely linear, and the prose was very readable.

January didn’t appeal to me as a character. She didn’t strike me as someone who learns from experience, even if (vague spoiler) some of that might be due to external influences. It seemed the other characters were either there to help her (that being their whole purpose in life), or to be villainously villainous. This probably reflects a young target readership.

Overall, a decent read, though I probably won’t pick it up again.

Chungledown Bim reviewed The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Multiverse of meh

3 stars

Content warning Spoiler for a story twist, cw death, animal harm, self harm

It's a little flat. Fantastical but enough racism to just sort of suck the air out of it. I really resented the >>spoiler<< dead dog switcharoo even though I kinda saw it coming. When the >>spoiler<< dead mum turned up alive then the >>spoiler<< dead dad did too then dead friend then dead great aunt ... it was a bit of a struggle to not just nope out.

The worldsbuilding is solid. The characters are solid. Representation of POC is great. One character is in a pan polycule, which is rad. The rest is OK, (pacing, plot, etc.) just very predictable. It's fairly YA but for the self harm. (One day I'll happen upon a novel for grown-ups & faint dead away)

Tattooed_Mummy reviewed The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Review of 'The Ten Thousand Doors of January' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I listened on audio book. I enjoyed parts but felt it went on a bit too long and jumped around a lot, but not in a good way. I was bored by the end. It didn't really ever grab my attention

Christina reviewed Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Review of 'Ten Thousand Doors of January' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I wanted to like all of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, I admire the conceit and like the unusual assemblage of narratives, but I have little affection for the heroine and her dog, who lack much slyness and cunning, which I value in a disadvantaged and plucky heroine. Yule Ian Scholar and Jane Irimu are developed and interesting characters, but too much of the book fizzed out for me. Maybe if I hadn't read and enjoyed Silvia Moreno-Garcia's [b:Gods of Jade and Shadow|36510722|Gods of Jade and Shadow|Silvia Moreno-Garcia|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543268579l/36510722.SY75.jpg|58230232] prior to reading this...