I read 50 of the Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Novels- I found them, well....Part 3

Continuing right where we left off...

#8 The Bone Clocks

The novel starts like several others. Holly Sykes, a rebellious fifteen year old, storms off after a fight with her mother. (About what, I’m SURE you can guess.)
The premise seems jaunty enough, but soon we hear a bit more. Holly has always had supernatural experience that unsettle her. After she runs off, though supernatural activity spikes, culminating in the sudden disappearance of her brother.
The novel is from five different character’s perspectives and takes us through most of Holly’s life. There are large time-skips in the novel, jumping almost decades at times. Though it’s a bit of a aggravation figuring out who’s who and where we are and so on and so forth in the beginning, it’s a well worded tale and each character comes off differently, with their own turns of phrase and manners of speech.
Moving on to the fantasy element: Two cults of psychics, both immortal in very different ways try to destroy each other, dragging Holly into the crossfire en route. The supernatural activity is very novel and unique. But the author unfortunately strays from it in the middle sections.
The novel mainly revolves around the people in it, Holly and those close to her, and their fragile existences in the ever shifting, battering world. It feels adult, not for anything else but its cynicism and harsh, petty realities. The characters are also true people, something you get rarely in the fantasy world, where most characters seem just like pieces of paper with select virtues and vices stamped on them, usually in recognisable patterns . (Except teenage Holly, who acts more like an adults’ stereotype of a teenager than most actual teenagers do.)
Overall, the novel is not what you’d read for a sharp gripping plot, but is a touching ode to humanity and its penchant for rebuilding from the wreckage after the devastating tides of disaster.

#9 Good Omens
Though majorly popular, I had to mention it…
According to the most accurate collection of prophecies no-one has ever read, the world is ending. Judgement day is near. As in, in like a couple of days. The demons have plotted, and have brought forth the Antichrist. War, famine, pollution (plague threw in the towel after penicillin) and death, are raring to go. All the pieces are in position.
But not everyone is happy. Crowley, the demon and Aziraphale, the angel aren’t too excited about the coming destruction of good old earth and reluctantly join forces to sabotage the oncoming apocalypse.
And no one can seem to find said Antichrist…
This retelling of the apocalypse, taking place in the 90’s, features various Biblical characters from the Four Horsemen (bikers ) of the Apocalypse to the Antichrist to a cameo by the King of Hell himself, all in the midst of almost bureaucratic incompetence.
The novel is hilarious, with witty narration and dialogue. There is a cast of quirky characters, linked by a extremely satisfying plot
This novel is a collaboration, but the style is seamless, blending Neil Gaiman’s and Terry Pratchett’s senses of humour perfectly.
Overall, the novel is terrific fun, and really is an ageless classic.

Conclusion

After that three part, nine novel saga, I will give you my final opinion on whether the Time Magazine did a good job. 

Answer: In some aspects. (Ha! You thought you were going to get a one word reply, didn't you? I started this volubly, I will finish this volubly.)

They made an appreciable effort to get in a diverse range of books. Overall I would say most of the novels have great world-building. The writing was pretty good on the whole. The fantasy is great... but the plots can be found lacking. And do you really want to read a novel without a good plotline even if it has a great setting. They did a good job on

Best Fantasy aspect but not exactly on the Best Novel aspect Try out a few, but I would say that some of these are better suited for fantasy geeks rather than the casual reader.