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The Magnus Archives is a horror anthology podcast/ audio drama that delves episode by episode into short-form tales of horror that feel like they can happen to just about anyone through their beginnings in mundanity. Some of the stories are striking and bone chilling, while others just don't meet the mark for me. The meta plot, that at least some of these stories are tied to the work of the archives themselves in a much more tangible manner, is the real reason to keep on listening. Connecting the dots along with Jonathan as the season goes on is fun and gives the stories more weight, but I can't help but feel occasionally like the connections were a little contrived, hopefully a function of the freshman season.

Overall I've enjoyed it thus far and am interested to see how season 2 works out.

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nick13's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

An amazing start to an amazing series, can't wait to relisten to the rest.

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moonyleo's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

to say im not obsessed would be like saying jon is not a skeptic
i love that asshole
and martin my golden retriever i wanna give him a big hug

favourite episodes:
#2 do not open
#5 thrown away
#7 the piper
#9 fathers love
#11 dreamer
#12 first aid
#14 piecemail
#15 lost johns cave
#17 the bone turners tale
#18 the man upstairs
#20 desecrated host II
#22 colony
#25 growing dark
#26 a distortion
#29 cheating death
#30 killing floor
#32 hive
#34 anatomy class
#39 investation
#40 human remains

quite the list i know

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max_vampire's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

i really like the theory that you are the archivist unfortunately I'm pretty sure it won't happen

i like the fact there's cannonically queer characters and i headcannon the archivist as autistic.

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honey_pie's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This isn’t a book, per say, but I think that listening to it and it having such a big overarching plot means that I can count it 🤷🏼‍♀️ This podcast is so interesting and different and I really enjoyed the first season. However, i struggle to pay attention to it and, since I’m so behind, there’s far too much of it for me to be motivated to continue 😭

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violet_pages's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

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klavin_lovell's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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