I really enjoyed this when I read it, a tad verbose at times. The opening was very memorable. Problem was I didn't follow thru and read the rest of the series.

I'm going to go back and read this though, then the other two in the trilogy.

If your asking if it gets markedly better as it goes along, then the answer is no. If you're not liking the beginning, nothing is going to pull you in. Just my opinion. I think you're right actually. From the magic in the Cathedral, it all went downhill from there. Oh well, someone will enjoy it I ...

I love Dickens and I like Austen, but Clarke doesn't write near well-enough to pull it off, so far anyway. Oh well.

I'm about 100 pages in, and it started off very well, quite sinister and I thought there might be a spooky little story in here, the trip to see Mr. Norrell was well-handled, as wer the introductory chapters. The lo and behold it arrives in London and falls to pieces! tedious and verbose, the introd...