Earth as we know it is only one of five parallel worlds, or Dominions,
and is the only one that remains unaware of the others’ existence. Attempts
made in the past to Reconcile these Dominions have been disastrous, leading to
a secret society being founded to keep the traces of magic from our world. But
the time has come for the Reconciliation to be attempted once more…
With some books, timing can be everything. Imajica, a huge
book full of extraordinary worlds and beings, an epic plot, and sensuous prose
with a leaning towards the philosophical and mystical, should have been read in
long stretches where there was little else demanding my time. Instead I read it
in 10 minute snatches wherever I could grab them, usually with constant
interruptions, over the course of a fortnight. Due to this, each time I picked
it up it would then take me a while to get back into it again, only to find my
attention wandering as I waded through the detailed writing and heavy themes
(and I wasn’t always helped by the vague confusion and instinct that most of
the characters seemed to operate under).
Now that I’ve finished the book I can look back and admire
the scope of what I’ve read, but the benefit of hindsight hasn’t quite managed
to cancel out my actual reading experience. This, and a smidge too much
mysticism for my tastes, has dragged its score down from a potential 4 to a
distracted 2.
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