This subgenre involves characters being transported from their own world into another one that’s full of strange and/or magical phenomena. Again, Chronicles of Narnia is an eminent example of this, as is Alice in Wonderland. Both of these works can also be classified as portal fantasies (see below). However, not every crossworlds fantasy is a portal fantasy, because characters do not always use a portal to travel to another world. For instance, in Lord Foul’s Bane, Thomas Covenant wakes up in “the Land” after being hit by a police car.
My thoughts.. Okay, so I actually enjoyed this book rather a lot. I found each of the characters perspectives a bit hefty, but worth sticking with it. It does get a little confusing now and then trying to keep up with 6 whole characters, told in 3rd person, while having the reading experience of an […]