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Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

2 reviews

ritabriar's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book continues the delightful pattern of the series of showing us how these characters interact, where their biases and abilities and losses conflict and complement. Each character has their own shifting motivations, always similar enough to keep them moving forward together on their quest... until one or more does not go forward anymore. Since the doors themselves respond to the children's certainty, the plot is driven by an intersection of the characters and the universe. 

Let's talk about the dinosaurs. Delightful, no notes. Feathered, brightly-colored, and fluffy, plus viciously terrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Transphobia, and Slavery

Minor: Violence, War, Animal death, Dementia, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Chronic illness

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I will read this series forever. Every entry continues to be wild and unique and riveting and I am glad this particular installment was a return to a group of already lover characters 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, Death, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child death, Abandonment, Transphobia, Body horror, Bullying, War, and Injury/Injury detail