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It is 1979. Mori is a Welsh teenager who has run away from her crazy mother and as a result has been sent to live with her father in England. She attends a boarding school, where she is very much the outcast, and fills her journal with discussions of books and authors and wistful wishes for friends. When she joins a book club at the local library and finds kindred spirits among other readers, she finds a new joy in life. Among Others is a book about the magic of books, as much as anything.

Written in the first person point of view, as a journal, the lyrical and well written prose of Among Others is a joy to read. Walton has great talent at turning an ordinary world into a magical one through her descriptions and narration.

All the discussions of authors that I've read and not read was also a delight. I laughed over discussions of books familiar to me, hearing myself in those discussions. Furthermore, I've now got a list of others to read, based on Mori's insights, that I might not have read otherwise.

Oddly enough--I am a fan of fantasy fiction--the fantasy element was difficult for me to enjoy. Walton painted her world so real and mundane, that when the fantasy elements were interjected, it felt like an imposition, as if she had torn apart the fabric of this world and sewn in a piece from another world. It didn't mesh properly. For me, the magic was Mori's life in books. The fairy magic almost seemed pretend, and I honestly felt cheated at times when the story moved from the "real world" discussion of Mori's friends and fiction addiction to Mori's dealing with the paranormal.

I wouldn't recommend this book across the board, to all bibliophile or all fantasy/sci fi readers. I think it's only going to find it's niche with those who are both devout bibliophiles as well as being fans of sci fi and fantasy novels.

This was my first time reading a novel by Jo Walsh, but it certainly will not be my last. If her other novels are as well written, I may have found a new favorite author.


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Among Others Jo Walton 9780765321534 Books Reviews

This was an unusual book for me to read and enjoy. I'd had a few disappointments in the recreational reading dimension and, thinking that at least it would be well-written, decided to try a Hugo Award Winner. So I searched for some on and decided on this book.

The story takes place in contemporary UK. The protagonist is a fifteen year old schoolgirl from Wales who sometimes "sees fairies" and has a nodding acquaintance with, but decidedly mixed feelings about, magic. She's bright and, perhaps somewhat unrealistically sensible & kind, though not so much as to be off-putting. And the author does at least acknowledge and provide justification for the character's traits.

Due to a near-fatal automobile accident, the main character limps badly and is in constant pain. She needs a cane to get around, has a hard time getting out of chairs, etc. She's not particularly pretty, but she's not homely either. Also, she's in a ritzy boarding school, and many of the other girls pinch her, try to trip her, call her things like "hop-a-long," you know the drill she's an outsider. At the same time, she's one of the top students in the school and she wins awards for her "house" (is that the right word?) so she's also respected. Oh, and she loves reading -- especially science fiction, so there's a lot of discussion *about* Sci Fi and, to a lesser extent, Fantasy.

The story takes place in the months after the first anniversary of her accident. There are some weird family members, some quirky and fun; others quirky and not so fun; a few just plain mean. Really, it seems to be the story, told in an odd (but also, to me, oddly appealing) way of this girl coping w/ her physical situation and moving on with her life. Her love of SF turns out to be a good path for her.

Apart from the bits about magic and fairies, which sometimes seemed almost incidental, this could be be a work of general fiction rather than fantasy. By that I mean the supernatural aspects usually take a back seat to "real life." In fact, I spent much of the book trying to decide whether or not she was sane and/or whether she had a grasp of reality. If that was the intent, then Walton handled that aspect of the story very well.

At any rate, I found the novel to be engaging and well worth my time. And due to all the discussion of science fiction and fantasy books in the story, I ended up with a good list of new things to explore. As always, your mileage may vary.
It is 1979. Mori is a Welsh teenager who has run away from her crazy mother and as a result has been sent to live with her father in England. She attends a boarding school, where she is very much the outcast, and fills her journal with discussions of books and authors and wistful wishes for friends. When she joins a book club at the local library and finds kindred spirits among other readers, she finds a new joy in life. Among Others is a book about the magic of books, as much as anything.

Written in the first person point of view, as a journal, the lyrical and well written prose of Among Others is a joy to read. Walton has great talent at turning an ordinary world into a magical one through her descriptions and narration.

All the discussions of authors that I've read and not read was also a delight. I laughed over discussions of books familiar to me, hearing myself in those discussions. Furthermore, I've now got a list of others to read, based on Mori's insights, that I might not have read otherwise.

Oddly enough--I am a fan of fantasy fiction--the fantasy element was difficult for me to enjoy. Walton painted her world so real and mundane, that when the fantasy elements were interjected, it felt like an imposition, as if she had torn apart the fabric of this world and sewn in a piece from another world. It didn't mesh properly. For me, the magic was Mori's life in books. The fairy magic almost seemed pretend, and I honestly felt cheated at times when the story moved from the "real world" discussion of Mori's friends and fiction addiction to Mori's dealing with the paranormal.

I wouldn't recommend this book across the board, to all bibliophile or all fantasy/sci fi readers. I think it's only going to find it's niche with those who are both devout bibliophiles as well as being fans of sci fi and fantasy novels.

This was my first time reading a novel by Jo Walsh, but it certainly will not be my last. If her other novels are as well written, I may have found a new favorite author.