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Pros & Cons
Pros
Author mixes it all together with the skill she usually displays--and of course she tosses a fractured fairytale into the mix, too. Luminous and amazing.
It is such a good technique to remind readers what is at stake, what is coming up. Read it pre-covid on a long plane ride and reread during covid. Great read on a couple of rainy days.
The relationship between the two main characters is a nice change from the go to romance one often sees in fantasy. I particularly enjoyed the depiction of a female math prodigy. The story spells out the danger of how and why an idea might change when... Read More
Seanan mcguire is a master of making mundane feel magical and making magical feel normal.
Cons
The description purports this book is fast-paced. This is the single most repetitive mind numbing book i have ever tried to read.
For rogers apparently normal upbringing, he is insecure, angsty, and indecisive. The twins behaviour is also kind of all over the place.
Highlights
Quality
Despite being literally concept characters, roger and dodger have so much personality and are so well fleshed and in seeing the... Read More
The launch is a bit slow to build continuity, but hang in there; the middle and end are most definitely worth the effort.
This is a strange and unusual tale, imagine if someone wrote an iconic book about 100 years ago and that book had all kinds of ... Read More
This is both by design, and not - their creator, himself the creation of a master alchemist/kid-lit author, created redundant s... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Beautiful and exotic it will keep you entranced.
Competitiveness
Roger and dodger are identical twin brother and sister.
Roger middleton and dodger cheswich areey two kids growing up on opposite sides of the country, roger in cambridge, ma, and dod... Read More
I was therefore glad that roger and dodger are not fighters in any but the metaphorical sense.
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- This product had a total of 3,378 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 23 2024.
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The layers to this onion were peeled away slowly and i would have to stop devouring the text in order toreflect on the evolving relationship between the two protagonists and the motives of those manipulating their lives
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I thought the cover was interesting the premise was interesting and i really wanted to read non ya fantasymagic realism
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I never expected to be so blown away
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had tears in my eyes in the middle of my work day and was furiously trying a not to cry and b to make sure i hadn’t accidentally skipped ahead in the story
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Mcguire hits you at 100 right at the start reminding you that this book is called middlegame for a reason – everything has already been set in motion and we are here just to see it watch it play out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It is steady and builds until finally we get back to that shock situation
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They have so much power but are ultimately just children
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would love a book focused on him
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