8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
For Lovers of Fairy Tales Everywhere, 13 Oct 2002
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Far-enough Window (Paperback)
The line on the cover of this book says "A Fairy Tale for Grownups of All Ages" and that could hardly be a better description of this charming, highly imaginative novel. I read it almost in a single sitting and the whole time I was doing so I had this lovely feeling that I was a child again curled up in bed with one of my favorite stories - Lewis Carroll, perhaps, or George MacDonald, or even L. Frank Baum. Lovely illustrations too. Thank you, thank you, thank you, John Grant, for having magically transported me back into that wonderful world! I would recommend this book to anybody, from children to grandparents.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A new old fantasy, 16 April 2003
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Far-enough Window (Paperback)
A very good book with a lot of fun. It's a little slow at the start, but once things get moving, it become worth the wait. In fact, this was a book in which its ending justified its beginning. It's a fantasy story which reminds us that all fantasy stories do not have to be about Tolkien and such. Every review I see of this book likens it to Alice, Dorothy, and friends. While this book does touch on that type of fantasy, it also contains a contemporary view which gives it a flavor all its own -- a new old fantasy. Pick it up, read it. You won't soon forget it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Confused Fairy-World, 25 Dec 2007
By Vance "Klaatu" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Far-enough Window (Paperback)
At page 250 of this fantasy/fairy-tale novel by a prestigious British author, the main character, 17-year old Joanna says, "This is getting very confusing." That about sums up this mixed-up, hard-to-follow book about the loss and reclamation of Fairyland. Perhaps, it was more understandable to Brits? I just didn't get it or feel wowed or caused to suspend my disbelief.