Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, 1)
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Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best Series
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
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No Quests Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. But Nancy's arrival marks a change at the Home. There's a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it's up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of things. No matter the cost. The Wayward Children Series
Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway
Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky
Book 4: In an Absent Dream PRAISE FOR EVERY HEART A DOORWAY "Seanan McGuire has long been one of the smartest writers around, and with this novella we can easily see that her heart is as big as her brain. We know this story isn't true, but it is truth." -- Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series (TV's True Blood) "Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire is one of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read." -- V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue "Seanan McGuire once again demonstrates her intimate knowledge of the human heart in a powerful fable of loss, yearning and damaged children." -- Paul Cornell, author of London Falling and Witches of Lychford "So mindblowingly good, it hurts." -- io9 "With Every Heart a Doorway, McGuire has created her own mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy -- a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics, even as it carves its own precocious space between them." -- NPR
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В школу Элеанор Уэст отправляют детей с психическими травмами. Все они однажды пропали – пошли в лес и не вернулись, или родители не нашли их утром в кроватях. А потом – через несколько месяцев или даже лет – также внезапно вернулись. Но совсем другими. Теперь они рассказывают странные истории про волшебные миры, где прыгали по радугам, сражались с гоблинами и танцевали с эльфами, и мечтают вернуться обратно. Родители надеются, что школа Элеонор ...read more
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It was definitely weird and I didn’t really like the dialogue since it came off as weird and choppy. I would’ve also liked a bit more explanation or exploration on why this happens and how it works. It was too short to leave a lasting impression
It was definitely weird and I didn’t really like the dialogue since it came off as weird and choppy. I would’ve also liked a bit more explanation or exploration on why this happens and how it works. It was too short to leave a lasting impression
Perhaps because it was so short, it felt like a superficial glance at a world and a story that was both fascinating and a little scary. Without the depth, it lacked the punch of the various tragedies and joys of the story. I was left a little indifferent albeit entertained.
I loved the beginning. It was a 5-star beginning with great characters. It has an old but beloved premise of children that go through doors to magical worlds-- with a twist-- the aftermath of real life for those children. This is also a theme in [b:The Magicians|6101718|The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)|Lev Grossman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1313772941l/6101718._SY75_.jpg|6278977].
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