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july-19th-club · 11 months ago

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"mister magic" a genuinely good book so far. a little over halfway through it and it definitely is one of those ones you want to go into completely blind but i'm really enjoying it . does a good job of laying enough breadcrumbs that the reader picks up on where it's going before some of the characters do, but the characters don't look dumb for taking so long to figure it out because they have personalities/experiences that preclude them from Noticing certain stuff, and it's not SO spelled out that the reader who gets it really early will get bored; there are still things you want answers to or elaboration on. and that is ALL i will say for now

#the author has written mostly young adult in the past according to the 'other books by' section #and it Does have a tiny bit of that flavor. but if that's a weakness the author has leaned into it in a way that makes it a strength #since this is a book about adults who had such strange childhoods that they didn't get a chance to grow all the way up #so any residual immaturity in their characterizations actually makes sense; their growth is stunted as part of the conflict #mister magic #q

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