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Spellbook of the Lost and Found
by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
This book was haunting, cryptic, and so creepy.
After I read the debut [b:The Accident Season|23346358|The Accident Season|Moïra Fowley-Doyle|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1428338423l/23346358._SY75_.jpg|42905086], I didn't hold high hopes for this one. But it totally surpassed my expectations. The writing is so beautiful and poetic, I was completely immersed in the story from the beginning. Halfway to the book, I thought I had guessed the twist, and while my guess was correct, there was still so much more to it that I was left stunned when I finally finished the book.
The role that magic plays in this book is abstract and ambiguous. I was constantly questioning whether it really is magic or just a bunch of strange coincidences. At the end of the book, I still wasn't quite sure. It's one of those books that ties up all the loose ends and leaves you feeling satisfied with the ending and yet burning with more questions.
I must say a thing or two about the characters. There are too many characters in the book and it took me a few chapters to properly remember all of them. But other than that, I loved everything about them. I loved how diverse the characters are. They have different types of thoughts, different types of families, different types of relationships. There's LGBTQ+ representation and the way the author included it without making a big deal about dIVerSiTy is great.
There's romance, but it's not the centre of the plot – it's just there in a very normal and very natural way. There's racism, which is called out immediately. There's Olive and her sister having conversations about feminism, which kind of surprised me at first, but made me very happy. There are little bits of things like this sprinkled here and there that don't really add to the plot but make the characters very real and believable.
After I read the debut [b:The Accident Season|23346358|The Accident Season|Moïra Fowley-Doyle|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1428338423l/23346358._SY75_.jpg|42905086], I didn't hold high hopes for this one. But it totally surpassed my expectations. The writing is so beautiful and poetic, I was completely immersed in the story from the beginning. Halfway to the book, I thought I had guessed the twist, and while my guess was correct, there was still so much more to it that I was left stunned when I finally finished the book.
The role that magic plays in this book is abstract and ambiguous. I was constantly questioning whether it really is magic or just a bunch of strange coincidences. At the end of the book, I still wasn't quite sure. It's one of those books that ties up all the loose ends and leaves you feeling satisfied with the ending and yet burning with more questions.
I must say a thing or two about the characters. There are too many characters in the book and it took me a few chapters to properly remember all of them. But other than that, I loved everything about them. I loved how diverse the characters are. They have different types of thoughts, different types of families, different types of relationships. There's LGBTQ+ representation and the way the author included it without making a big deal about dIVerSiTy is great.
There's romance, but it's not the centre of the plot – it's just there in a very normal and very natural way. There's racism, which is called out immediately. There's Olive and her sister having conversations about feminism, which kind of surprised me at first, but made me very happy. There are little bits of things like this sprinkled here and there that don't really add to the plot but make the characters very real and believable.