Reviews

Velveteen vs. The Multiverse by Seanan McGuire

qwerty88's review

5.0

McGuire has a wonderful ability to create tiny vignettes that rip our your heart, and that ability was on show here. (Only one bit where it didn't quite work for me)

The stories flowed together in a way that book #1 didn't.

And we all need a superhero sometime.

kite's review

adventurous dark emotional

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

jen1110's review

4.0

Poor Vel. Like Dresden, her tombstone will probably read "She died doing the right thing." I love these stories and have been reading them as Seanan releases them into the wild. The audio was gorgeous, as usual, and these stories are just fantastic.

jaironside's review

5.0

I loved this one even more that Velveteen vs the Junior Superpatriots. Told with McGuire's customary wit, quirky humour and intelligence, super hero turned cashier turned 'super villain' turned super hero attache to Oregan, faces the laws of possibility and the more confusing side of physics in this collection of the serial. Old friends and adversaries show up and new faces appear - Victory Anna is an especial favourite of mine. But for the heroine in the bunny ears, this time it's personal. The 'rebranded' or the Superpatriots - the world ain't big enough for both of them. Settle in for the ultimate superhero show down as Vel gathers her army both flesh and blood, and kapok. This was sheer brilliance. Highly recommend.

bookwyrmknits's review against another edition

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. It sill has the same silly fun that's a part of the first book, but this sequel starts to get a little deeper into the problems that are set up in the first book. It's darker, but no less good or hopeful or ultimately happy. Mostly. There is ultimately a happy ending, but it's not a fairytale ending where everything is okay and nothing costs more than a cup of coffee.

“Happy ever after isn’t easy. If it were, we wouldn’t fight so hard to have it.”