Every Heart a Doorway
2016 • 174 pages

Ratings463

Average rating3.9

15

What a strange, esoteric little book. This was very imaginative, and a riff on the Alice in Wonderland/ Narnia style of books (both get mentioned in the text) but with a more mature theme/plot. My frequent problems with novellas arises here, I would have rathered this just be fleshed out more in a full book instead of a series of novellas. I also have never read a book with an asexual lead character before, something I didn't realize until it was mentioned, so I'm glad to see that getting some much needed representation in fiction.

I'll definitely be continuing on with this. It reminds me a lot of Neil Gaiman's The Ocean At the End of the Lane, which is amazing, even though both books are incredibly different. They have a similiar feel to me.

April 30, 2021