The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow

Paperback, 416 pages

Published May 12, 2020 by Redhook.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-42197-3

(7 reviews)

Enero Demico es una joven curiosa que vive en una extensa mansión llena de objetos y tesoros peculiares. Como la pupila del rico Sr. Locke, se siente un poco distinta a todo aquello que la rodea. Entre todos los artefactos que habitan la casa, Enero descubrirá un maravilloso libro: un libro que la llevará a otros mundos y que cuenta una historia repleta de puertas secretas, de amor, aventura y peligro. Cada vez que pase una de sus páginas se le revelarán verdades imposibles hasta descubrir que la historia que lee está cada vez más entrelazada con la suya.

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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

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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

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

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

5 stars

WHAT. A. BOOK.

I cannot describe it better than a quote on the back cover - "a gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through"

I think it may be the best book I have read this year. Wonderful.

Derek Caelin

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March 5, 2023