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redheadedbrunette · 13 days ago

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So I just finished London Calling and I am flabbergasted at how well James Ponti understands how, like, characters and plot and stakes work. Mostly because he does a lot of the same things that Mr. Gibbs has been failing hard at in late stage Spy School and makes it work.

#spy school #city spies #now maybe it's because I'm way less invested but *man*#that was so much better than it had any right to be after 6 books #i think it ultimately comes down to the tone each series #that's spy school's both greatest strength and weakness #and that mr. ponti seems to have had a much clearer idea of how he wanted series to go #or at least set things up better and didn’t let things obviously fall to the side #see how mr. ponti handled Charlotte vs how mr. gibbs has handled trixie #(at least until ssgw i have no idea how that goes)#but as far as city spies goes they're at a very similar tipping point to where spy school was at the end of sspx #but i have way more faith in mr. ponti being able to pull off a satisfying continuation

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