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Spoonbenders

Daryl Gregory

3.87 AVERAGE

katie_sterk's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chrisg's review against another edition

Not the right time?

lee210's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jax_in_the_books's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-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: Yes

spencer_was_here's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Great book. Matty came off as a creep tho. but the buddy plot was amazing!!!

polemos's review against another edition

2.5

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

As others have noted, Matt's obsession with his stepcousin is creepy. Sure, adolescent boys fresh out of puberty can develop crushes on cousins, step and otherwise, and, if Matt was a real person, I would tell him that he will grow out of it and stay away from the cousin until he does. It may be a normal part of sexual development, but so are a lot of other things I also would not let define my character, if I were the writer.

I'm just getting back into popular science fiction after a years long hiatus. This was not for me. The writing was okay, unremarkable but few outright annoyances (like, without spoiling, a character refusing to communicate a basic plot point that they 100% would have if not for the writer trying to keep other characters in the dark). No member of the family was appealing to me. The plot kept me interested enough to turn the page, but not much more.

James Randi was done dirty.