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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
Many footnotes (10/31/2009)
I borrowed Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell from the library, hoping it would be a lively story of two feuding wizards. Instead, the author spends so much time explaining magic (history, theory and practice) that the characters fail to develop beyond this one aspect ofmore
Captain Alatriste
by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Quiet swashbuckler (10/31/2009)
Captain Alatriste is a mysterious figure who keeps to himself throughout the book. The narrator is also a thirteen-year-old boy, so it's realistic that he can't tell us everything about him. I also had a good sense of what it was like to live in Spain during the time of themore
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