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Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children) (edition 2016)

by Seanan McGuire (Author)

Series: Wayward Children (1)

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Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children. 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.… (more)
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Title:Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children)
Authors:Seanan McGuire (Author)
Info:Tor.com (2016), Edition: First Edition, 176 pages
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Great story for anyone who feels lost or out of step with their world. ( )
  daplz | Apr 7, 2024 |
4,5/5 Lo he devorado en una noche.

Me ha trasladado a cuando me encerraba en mi armario como si fuese la puerta a otro mundo o parte de una nave espacial. A cuando soñaba en aventuras cruzando un cuadro (normalmente de un castillo). Pero también me ha hablado de como encontrar tu hueco en el mundo, en como superar la perdida de tu hogar (ya sea porque se cierra una puerta o por algún otro evento) y a buscar tu propio hogar o al menos intentarlo.

Una maravilla de libro. ( )
  Cabask | Mar 27, 2024 |
4.5/5* ( )
  lizjenkins | Mar 10, 2024 |
This story is weird and delightful and wistful and I loved reading it. I've been seeing people rave about the Wayward Children series for a long time and I definitely understand why; it has familiar ideas and settings (like the hidden Narnia-ish lands and a boarding school) but McGuire twists them in her own unique way and makes this world really standout. I personally adored the blend of magical realism and murder mystery here- I don't think I've read anything quite like it before!
Part of me wishes the book has another couple hundred pages, but knowing there are plenty more books (plus 3 more unreleased ones) has me excited to keep reading. ( )
  deborahee | Feb 23, 2024 |
This book sings to my heart. I don't know any other way to describe it. It made me cry, which Seanan is prone to doing, but ultimately what I felt was uplifted, transported by this slender little volume to a place where hope, despite being a four-letter-word, remains powerful. The characters and their stories are unique and beautiful. Although I've only read this book once so far, I suspect very strongly that it will become my most reread of Seanan's works. ( )
  LaurenThemself | Feb 20, 2024 |
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FOR THE WICKED
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The girls were never present for the entrance interviews.
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You're nobody's rainbow.

You're nobody's princess.

You're nobody's doorway but your own, and the only one who gets to tell you how your story ends is you.
"Hope hurts. That's what you need to learn, and fast, if you don't want it to cut you open from the inside out. Hope is bad. Hope means you keep on holding to things that won't ever be so again, and so you bleed an inch at a time until there's nothing left."
We notice the silence of men. We depend upon the silence of women.
"You had milk, I had science," said Jack. "It's amazing how much of culinary achievement can be summarized by that sentence. Cheese making, for example. The perfect intersection of milk, science, and foolish disregard for the laws of nature."
"I am a genius of infinite potential and highly limited patience. People shouldn't try me so."
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Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children. 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.

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