I know this is a weird question to ask of strangers on the internet but I just can’t pinpoint it. Usually I can.
I read Piranesi in like two days, and I felt that it was both ambiguous, full of substance to explore, atmospheric, and had a narrator I really loved seeing things through.
Now im reading Jonathan strange & Mr norrel and so far I think I’m going to love it even more than Piranesi. But I just can’t pinpoint why.
Maybe the voice and tone? The voice is so consistent always, and she never strays from it. She’s very good at restraint when it’s needed too, but not so much that the writing has no beauty. Idk also she’s so damn charming. Her books are just so charming though I can’t for the life of me figure out how she does this either but if I described her writing in one word it would be charming #entertainment