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  • Series: Hugo Award Winner - Best Novel
  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books (January 3, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765331721
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765331724
  • Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (319 customer reviews)
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68 of 76 people found the following review helpful
A stunningly wonderful book
By Elisabeth Carey on February 16, 2011
Format: Hardcover
This is a stunningly wonderful book.

I have never read anything that so perfectly captures the experience of being fifteen, a science fiction reader just discovering some of the greats of the field (not to mention fandom!), the new kid in school who doesn't quite fit in, the young woman just starting to reach for adulthood, and not sure where she fits in a family where no one except her imperfectly known father seems to share her interests and concerns.

Of course, Morwenna's problems are in a whole different league from my own at her age. Morwenna's twin sister was killed in a car accident that left Morwenna crippled. That accident was their witch mother's retaliation for their successful thwarting of her spell intended to make her a Dark Queen. Now Morwenna is dependent on the father she's never met.

On the one hand, Morwenna and her father Daniel bond over their love of science fiction. On the other hand, her aunts, his three sisters, decide that she belongs at Arlinghurst, the same boarding school they attended, so that's where she goes. It's a tough transition for her, a crippled girl among enthusiastic athletes, a Welsh girl amongst mostly upper middle class English girls, an enthusiastic reader amongst students who think reading is only for studying. But she's smart, and determined, and doesn't really see any better alternatives, so she finds ways to cope.

And as she struggles to find her own place, and her own friends, and her own path, she discovers that the threat from her mother is not over. Together with all the normal adolescent challenges, Morwenna also does battle with her mother's hostility and ambitions, the ethics of magic, and the desire and opportunity to be reunited with her sister.Read more ›
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Wanted to love this much more than I did
By booktrout on June 11, 2012
Format: Paperback
Jo Walton is a gifted writer and storyteller. So expectations were high for this book. In the "Thanks and Notes" section, she references how hard it is for her to write what she knows about. Interviews elsewhere reveal that this novel revisits her own past and transmutes her actual mother's mental illness into the practice of witchcraft. One can feel her struggle coming to terms with her past in this book, which is beautiful and heartfelt but has very little action; it's further marred by an ending that feels too manufactured -- as if she wrote an outcome in fiction she wished had happened in real life.

Her description of fairies -- their powers, their speech, their actions and appearance -- is unique in that it captures the feral quality of entities of earth and nature not particularly interested in human wants and desires. But other aspects of "Among Others" are somewhat lacking.

It's hard to know if Walton wants us to see Mori, the heroine of the tale, as an unreliable narrator; Mori often doubts herself and uses the excuse of "magic" as a means of rationalizing others' behaviors (her aunts won't let her cook in their home and want her to pierce her ears, members of a book club she joins mid-year friend her willingly while her schoolmates scorn her) and seems to distance herself from others as a matter of course.

One thing Walton captures is the intensity (and inanity) of young girls' diaries; her many details make the diary feel real but it can also be tedious to read in parts. Although I am also an avid reader and know many of the books she references, this novel may feel like an inside joke that excludes non-SF readers for those who aren't familiar with the works mentioned.Read more ›
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61 of 71 people found the following review helpful
Quick and fun, but way too pat
By E. Smiley on March 11, 2011
Format: Hardcover
Among Others is a fun, interesting book, and I sped through it in one day. Looking back though, several flaws detract from what might otherwise have been excellent.

Through her journal entries (which are really just regular first-person narration), this book relates the story of Mori, a Welsh teenager and lover of science fiction who is sent to an upper-class English boarding school after fleeing her abusive mother. Mori doesn't fit in with the other girls and spends the bulk of her time reading, primarily science fiction. She's a sympathetic and relatable character, particularly if you were an odd kid who read a lot; I love the way she talks about the inter-house athletic competitions, for instance, which everyone else takes very seriously and she couldn't care less about. The book is well-written and does a great job of keeping questions in the reader's mind at all times, particularly as Mori takes her time in telling us about her past. And the discussions of class tensions in 1970's England, as well as the trouble readers had to take to find books by their favorite authors before the Internet (we're spoiled nowadays!) were interesting.

A couple of minor SPOILERS follow.

But there are several problems. Most notable (and ironic, since Mori criticizes other books for this) is that the book is just way too pat. Mori forms close bonds almost instantaneously with every other reader she meets (and there are a lot of them, as she joins a book club halfway through); the first guy to catch her eye soon becomes her boyfriend; the last couple pages are almost sickeningly sweet. And then there are all the unanswered questions.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

Great read

All the praise is well deserved . Hugo award winner. Extraordinary voice, beautifully constructed. Whimsical and fun. A must read indeed!

Published 14 days ago by A. Sharp
Love, a family Coven and also Physical Therapy

Meandering through the 70's we find an inconclusive expose' on Magic, Love, a family Coven and also Physical Therapy. The only conclusions found are on the books referenced within. Read more

Published 1 month ago by C. Conrad
One star from me, one star in case I missed the point

This book won a Hugo, so I guess it must have been good in some way that I missed completely.

Published 1 month ago by Amazon Customer
Surprised me in many ways!

Set in the 1970s, this is Mori’s story. She and her twin sister grew up in Wales with a mum who dabbled in magic. They could talk to fairies and had little magics of their own. Read more

Published 2 months ago by DabOfDarkness
I respected the book without enjoying it.

I kept feeling like I was reading a sequel. There were a lot of references to events in the past: sounded like I was expected to know them already. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Vic F
Mori's Bibliomaniacal Story

It's easy to understand how this lovely little epistolary novel won both Hugo and Nebula awards in 2012 - it's literally a lovesong to science fiction and fantasy writing and all... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Paul Frandano
Beautifully written with great character development

Beautifully written with great character development. A complete pleasure from beginning to end. I look forward to reading it again.

Published 3 months ago by Betsey Langford
Excellent take on magic

I first read the recent Just City and its sequel, and since I enjoyed those I was intrigued by this breakthrough Hugo/Nebula novel. Read more

Published 3 months ago by D. Roddick
Unique blend of fantasy and realism

Beautifully written. I was sad when I noticed I only had a few pages left.

Published 4 months ago by Lesley H.
A heartfelt if slightly unpolished valentine to classic science...

The Magicians: A Novel (Magicians Trilogy)The Last BattleAmong Others is a lovely valentine to classic science fiction and fantasy. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Jeanne Long

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