When she gets the news that her father has died, she becomes obstinate and sullen instead of the perfect little girl she pretended to be. The Doors that bring change with them, that leak between one world and the next. January could have continued her entire life like this if it hadn’t been for the Doors. She lives through books and through her father’s adventures and thinks of herself as small, obedient and maybe even as someone who’s worthless. January doesn’t really experience anything. She’s a clear outsider in her own world and Harrow shows how that shapes the way she views the world and herself. Locke to join his parties, but once she’s there, no one talks to her. She’s a character who’s always on the edge of things, being asked by Mr. Her dark skin color isn’t the ‘right’ one, especially not in early 1900’s Kentucky. She lives in a fancy mansion but owns nothing. It makes mention of Doors and it even shows us one, but we mostly spend time with January and how she feels out of place. Especially the first half of the book doesn’t involve a lot of fantasy. Similar to Magic for Liars, The Ten Thousand Doors of January is a fantasy novel that is maybe a little light on the fantasy, because it uses magic as a metaphor instead of as ‘the cool thing’. So if you like imaginative worlds, luscious prose and a historical setting, then give Alix E. It transported me to a different world, one I wanted to wander through after I finished reading it. Schwab’s and Erin Morgenstern’s books made me feel. This book made me feel similar to how V.E. This is either your thing or it’s not so if you’re doubting about reading The Ten Thousand Doors of January and you’re not a fan of descriptive language, I’d urge you to find a preview and check if it’s your style. The writing is also very flowery, which is one of the things most negative reviews mention. I enjoyed this, but I can see that if you’re craving outerworldy travel, this might not do it for you. We visit the world called Written a bunch, but all the other worlds are just mentioned. Why is it boring?įor a story about other worlds, we don’t visit that many of them. But with every page, the book hits closer to January’s home and as she learns about her own history and how her future might be in danger. Then one day she finds a strange book that smells of other worlds and that tells the story of secret Doors we can fall through. She hides in books and spends her days in the nooks and corners of the mansion together with her dog Bad and her companion Jane. Locke, but her father is mostly out on assigned adventures gathering precious artifacts from around the world. She lives with her father and their benefactor Mr. January Scaller is a lonely girl growing up in a sprawling mansion among many curiosities.

“Books are Doors and I wanted out.” What is this book about?

The 10 thousand doors of january