Lanny
Ratings31
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Ratings31
Average rating4
** Pre-order Shy, the new novel from Max Porter, now **From the author of Grief Is the Thing with FeathersThe Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerLonglisted for the Booker Prize'Books this good don't come along very often.' Maggie O'Farrell'A magically beguiling work, a triumph.' Financial Times 'A thing of total joy . . . thrums with rhythm and life.' ObserverNot far from London, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England's mysterious past and its confounding present. It belongs to families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved here, such as the boy Lanny, and his mum and dad.But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort, who has woken from his slumber in the woods. Dead Papa Toothwort, who is listening to them all.'Startling, moving and overwhelming . . . Wonderful.' Daily Telegraph'A devastating, disquieting and exhilarating book.' Psychologies'Stunning and deeply affecting.' Nathan Filer'A remarkable feat of literary virtuosity.' Sunday Times
Reviews with the most likes.
An enchanting and beguiling and heart rending read. Beautiful.
I adored this book. Poetic, thrilling, heartwarming and strange. My heart was quickening, my eyes were brimming. Lanny is an absolute joy and my favourite of the Booker list so far. Just spectacular.
Loved this book, I both read and listened to it on audio. I finished this book my one setting it was such a joy to read.
This book was exactly what I had hoped for: experimental, strange, surreal, interesting. It was more fantasy than horror, though I did take a break halfway through because the second section felt anxiety-inducing rather than scary. Ultimately it's about a boy who goes missing and the people around him struggling to cope. I particularly loved the myth, and the imagery, and the fast changes between perspectives. It's not told in a traditional way, so it won't appeal to anyone who likes things predictable. Not sure how I feel about the ending yet... it was well-executed and clearly thought out but perhaps not what I expected, not much left up for interpretation. I would definitely recommend this to the right kind of person.
