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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Muy divertido y fácil de leer. Está bueno para pasar el rato, justo lo que buscaba.
This book was really good. It had some pretty strange influences to it (unless I'm just imagining things) and it was a really quick read.
The narrative was fun to piece together with each narrator only able to offer one perception at a time.
The narrative was fun to piece together with each narrator only able to offer one perception at a time.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
It's sad when a book full of characters you've grown to love finally comes to an end.
One of those stories where each and every character's voice is unique and as real as they come; so much so that it's hard to believe they are fictional - where the dialogue flies off the page as if it were all unfolding on screen and you forget that you're reading.
Funny, original, genuine and a literary treat.
The author is at the top of my radar now.
Spoonbenders is the perfect example of a good book with great characters that I won't be forgetting any time soon.
One of those stories where each and every character's voice is unique and as real as they come; so much so that it's hard to believe they are fictional - where the dialogue flies off the page as if it were all unfolding on screen and you forget that you're reading.
Funny, original, genuine and a literary treat.
The author is at the top of my radar now.
Spoonbenders is the perfect example of a good book with great characters that I won't be forgetting any time soon.
Spoonbenders is a quirky and amusing novel about a dysfunctional family of psychics and con artists. The Telemachus family—Teddy and Maureen and their three children—were a national sensation until the day they went on television and were less than magical. Twenty years after their fall from grace, grandson Matty discovers that he has some psychic powers like his family, and finds himself caught up in the middle on the ongoing family drama as they fight for money, power, and love.
The novel is told from the perspective of the main members of the family, jumping back and forth to show their different abilities and priorities. This gives it the classic feel of an intergenerational novel, with family secrets and troubles being hidden and revealed. The hijinks and troubles with the government, with the local mob, and with each other are amusing, but also carry the level of threat of a gangster story or similar to keep narrative tension. The writing is straightforward and Gregory carefully withholds small details and reveals them with dramatic or casual effect. Unsurprisingly, the characters are larger than life, especially charismatic trickster Teddy and outsider son Buddy, and their complex family relationships give the novel a fun humanity akin to any family drama.
Spoonbenders feels like a Wes Anderson film written down. It is imaginative and enjoyable, a great light read with some decent stakes and a combination of real powers and tricks.
The novel is told from the perspective of the main members of the family, jumping back and forth to show their different abilities and priorities. This gives it the classic feel of an intergenerational novel, with family secrets and troubles being hidden and revealed. The hijinks and troubles with the government, with the local mob, and with each other are amusing, but also carry the level of threat of a gangster story or similar to keep narrative tension. The writing is straightforward and Gregory carefully withholds small details and reveals them with dramatic or casual effect. Unsurprisingly, the characters are larger than life, especially charismatic trickster Teddy and outsider son Buddy, and their complex family relationships give the novel a fun humanity akin to any family drama.
Spoonbenders feels like a Wes Anderson film written down. It is imaginative and enjoyable, a great light read with some decent stakes and a combination of real powers and tricks.
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Michael Chabon (fantasy) meets Elroy Leonard (crime). This book was a lot of fun with a family of psychics with different powers along with a gregarious 'conman' for a father who appear to be quite dysfunctional at first glance but show us different. Many laugh out loud moments including a 13 year old who finds he needs to smoke pot or masturbate to execute astral travel (leave his body).
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
Fantastic book. Ingenious.
You are kind of mystified as to what is going on
for a while but once things start falling into
place, this is entertaining.
You are kind of mystified as to what is going on
for a while but once things start falling into
place, this is entertaining.