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The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales

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readerette's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Weird, pretty original, irreverently funny, and way too long. Lots of time skipping and POV shifting, so if that's not your thing, beware. The excessive length comes from how drawn-out the attack is as well as from lots of things that seem only partially related to the main story. 
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octopus_farmer's review

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adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I surprisingly did not expect the book to expand beyond the attack on the regional office. It was nice if really, really meditative - don’t try to read it all in one day, though you’ll want to. I really liked Sarah and Rose and I’m still kinda mad
they didn’t ditch the office altogether and live together somehow
. I also liked the horror of
Sarah’s arm growing her new body but the awful experience of losing that arm to begin with was gutting. Good writing, I guess. Just unexpected.
 

It kinda felt like a satire or unraveling of magical girl animes or chosen one narratives, with the emphasis on only recruiting girls, and I’m not sure what to think of how the book handled the topic. Rose’s rage was the best part of that, as well as the awful explanation of the Oracles’ origins. 
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