Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell & English magic

I went running with my dad on Friday, I enjoyed it a lot. It was nice to go running with him: he used to run marathons and run very regularly even after that, but then he had to stop for a while because of knee problems so for once we're both equally out of practice. It was also mostly sunny on Friday and then it started snowing yesterday, it looks nice but it would not be fun for running.


I finally finished Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell today, which I got from my mom for Christmas. Last year she got me "Piranesi" and she was delighted by how much I enjoyed it, and we were both hoping I would like this one as much. Unfortunately I didn't. I think a large part of why I didn't enjoy it as much was because not only did I have high expectations, but also I focused on specific things right at the start of the book that I wanted to know more about and unfortunately those weren't the things the book wanted to tell me more about. There were several things I liked but also large parts were frustrating.

Apparently the book wasn't currently available in English paperback so I read it in German, which was slightly odd at first. I have very different associations with the words "Zauberei" und "Magie," and I was curious if the English version used "wizardry" or "magic." ( With spoilers )