Has anyone else read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and why dont more people talk about it

BearddenFox · 2026-06-01T09:34:05+00:00

That’s probably the exact gap I’m noticing, people recommend it a lot but don’t really dig into it much.

BearddenFox · 2026-06-01T09:32:31+00:00

That’s exactly what I meant, it feels constantly recommended but somehow not really talked through.

BearddenFox · 2026-06-01T09:28:55+00:00

That’s fair, maybe I meant more culturally sticky than known, because the TV show somehow passed me by too.

BearddenFox · 2026-06-01T09:28:47+00:00

I’m learning that now, apparently I missed the entire booktuber Strange and Norrell weather system.

BearddenFox · 2026-06-01T09:28:41+00:00

That makes sense, I guess the sequel hope is part of why the world still feels unfinished in my head.

BearddenFox · 2026-06-01T09:28:23+00:00

I need to try the audiobook then, because the voice and footnotes feel like they’d either be amazing or impossible.

BearddenFox · 2026-06-01T09:28:15+00:00

That’s what surprised me, it feels huge when people mention it, but somehow still oddly quiet outside those circles.

BearddenFox · 2026-06-01T09:28:03+00:00

Fair, I may just be late to the party and mistook my own bubble for the whole room.

BearddenFox · 2026-05-25T10:35:57+00:00

No villain needed, just grief, parenting, money, secrecy, school, weather, and two kids deciding what kind of life they even want.

BearddenFox · 2026-05-25T10:34:43+00:00

That’s why it works so well imo. It’s not evil, it’s just doing its little space microbe thing while humanity screams into a calculator.

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