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Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

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schnaucl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

I really liked this book. Even though I guessed some of the twists, I thought it was cleverly written. I really liked the protagonist's voice, and her ability to imagine herself in different timelines felt very genuine.

I almost expected it to turn out that it was a kind of magic that she was doing, to so fully inhabit the alternate timeline characters.

The characters were interesting and as were the ways the high school was both magical and utterly ordinary. Ivy's resentment at the wasted magic was understandable, as was the student's "waste" of magic because they're just kids and it's common for them, not the extraordinary thing it is for Ivy.

It was a very well built world. I'd like to spend more time there.

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micahslibrary's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I highly recommend reading this book! It’s definitely a mystery that makes sense when you look back at everything that happened and you might solve it before the reveal but the mystery will definitely still matter to you. The characters were all really loveable even when they were kind of infuriating. It was a 5 star book for me right from the first chapter and was delightful and super investing to read. :)

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whitllo's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

The premise was promising (Sarah Gailey's River of Teeth is one of my favorite reads ever) but it just didn't deliver. The twists and turns were either obvious

the sister drugging her

or a dead end

the weird thing with the friend who wanted to get brunch</spoiler). The world building was fine but uninteresting and I felt similarly abput the characters. I didn't particularly care about the emotional core of the story which was for the best because the payoff at the end was minimal.

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thewileyseven's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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anitahacker's review

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dark mysterious 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? Yes

2.5

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shereadytoread's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This was nothing like I expected but really great. A magic book that felt like it had nothing to do with magic and so much to do with feeling inadequate, fractured family relationships, rivalry and perspectives. Sarah Gailey’s use of magical schooling to look at everyday issues was so good!

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