After I read Jo's book, I downloaded a book I found online that I'd been seeing mentions of for a while, and whose mention in Among Others decided me later on to go ahead and read. It was We Have Always Lived in the Castle. After a few pages, it seemed to me not to be the book I was expecting. I eventually figured out that this was because Mori had spoken warmly of I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (of the 101 Dalmatians), and not the somewhat creepy novel by Shirley Jackson. Oh.
It seemed to me, though, that there were some points of resonance between the books. The sense of isolation, and of magic not always perceptible to others.
I have to run, or I'd try to have a real thought here.
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Date: 2011-06-03 03:57 pm (UTC)It seemed to me, though, that there were some points of resonance between the books. The sense of isolation, and of magic not always perceptible to others.
I have to run, or I'd try to have a real thought here.