Every Heart A Doorway, by Seanan McGuire
MacMillan Audio - 2016
Fantasy
Audiobook
Narrated by Cynthia Hopkins
Fantasy
Audiobook
Narrated by Cynthia Hopkins
4 Hours, 44 Minutes
My Rating (out of 5)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This book has won numerous awards, and for good reason! Awards and honors for this book include:
Winner: 2017 Hugo Award
Winner: 2017 Alex Award
Winner: 2017 Locus Award
Winner: 2016 Nebula Award
Nominated: 2017 World Fantasy Award
Nominated: 2017 British Fantasy Award
2016 Tiptree Honor List
Pretty impressive!
I love how this story opens with a nod to some of fantasy's most well known and beloved stories of children passing through a "doors" to other worlds.
But what happens when these children return to our world? Some will continue to pass back and forth often and with ease, and others are unable to find their doorway again. They no longer fit in to our world but are unable to return to their other world. They spend their life searching for their missing door.
Nancy found a door once. She went to an underworld realm. When she found herself back in our world, she was unable to cope, to fit in. She changed while she was gone. Her parents learn of a private school that will help Nancy re-assimilate after her "kidnapping".
Eleanor West's school for wayward children. While parents think they are sending their kids to this school to learn to cope with the time they were missing, they are really there to learn how to cope with being present in our world, despite their burning desire to return to their other world. While all the children here hope to find their doorway again some day, some would do anything to find it again.
This book is short, but it packs a punch! It is original and imaginative and despite its brevity the characters are well developed.
Narration was skillfully performed by Cynthia Hopkins, with good tone and cadence as well as very good range of character and emotion. It made listening a pleasure.
This book may be short, but it is the first book of The Wayward Children series. I will definitely be getting into the next title in the series - Down Among The Sticks and Bones.
Winner: 2017 Hugo Award
Winner: 2017 Alex Award
Winner: 2017 Locus Award
Winner: 2016 Nebula Award
Nominated: 2017 World Fantasy Award
Nominated: 2017 British Fantasy Award
2016 Tiptree Honor List
Pretty impressive!
I love how this story opens with a nod to some of fantasy's most well known and beloved stories of children passing through a "doors" to other worlds.
But what happens when these children return to our world? Some will continue to pass back and forth often and with ease, and others are unable to find their doorway again. They no longer fit in to our world but are unable to return to their other world. They spend their life searching for their missing door.
Nancy found a door once. She went to an underworld realm. When she found herself back in our world, she was unable to cope, to fit in. She changed while she was gone. Her parents learn of a private school that will help Nancy re-assimilate after her "kidnapping".
Eleanor West's school for wayward children. While parents think they are sending their kids to this school to learn to cope with the time they were missing, they are really there to learn how to cope with being present in our world, despite their burning desire to return to their other world. While all the children here hope to find their doorway again some day, some would do anything to find it again.
This book is short, but it packs a punch! It is original and imaginative and despite its brevity the characters are well developed.
Narration was skillfully performed by Cynthia Hopkins, with good tone and cadence as well as very good range of character and emotion. It made listening a pleasure.
This book may be short, but it is the first book of The Wayward Children series. I will definitely be getting into the next title in the series - Down Among The Sticks and Bones.
Happy Reading,
Christine
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