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A review by drridareads
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
1.0
What are the rules of this book? Are there any rules? This book straight up felt like it was from the nonsensical worlds mentioned in Wayward Children.
If I were describe this book in one word I'd say frustrating.
There is so much back and forth with timelines, lots of repetition on maths and words and the doctrine. But at the end of the day I don't think it added much to the plot; cause I still have no idea why Reed was doing what he was doing. It sort of starts making sense by the end but then it's just too little too late.
I felt absolutely no emotional connection to any of the characters since they felt way more like caricatures; a girl with maths, a boy with words and the monologuing mysterious villain.
I have to add I absolutely hated the audio-book; it was terrible and just made me hate this book even more.
I can see that most people who read this loved it; so I accept that maybe it just wasn't my cup of tea.
CW: graphic suicide scene.
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When the GR Choice Awards 2019 nominees came out I chose to read a book from a few genres.
Fantasy: Middlegame
Science Fiction: Recursion
Fiction: Normal People
Mystery and Thriller: My Sister, the Serial Killer
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I'm not sure what I think of this book right now. It was longer and more confusing than I had expected.. full RTC
If I were describe this book in one word I'd say frustrating.
There is so much back and forth with timelines, lots of repetition on maths and words and the doctrine. But at the end of the day I don't think it added much to the plot; cause I still have no idea why Reed was doing what he was doing. It sort of starts making sense by the end but then it's just too little too late.
I felt absolutely no emotional connection to any of the characters since they felt way more like caricatures; a girl with maths, a boy with words and the monologuing mysterious villain.
I have to add I absolutely hated the audio-book; it was terrible and just made me hate this book even more.
I can see that most people who read this loved it; so I accept that maybe it just wasn't my cup of tea.
CW: graphic suicide scene.
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When the GR Choice Awards 2019 nominees came out I chose to read a book from a few genres.
Fantasy: Middlegame
Science Fiction: Recursion
Fiction: Normal People
Mystery and Thriller: My Sister, the Serial Killer
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I'm not sure what I think of this book right now. It was longer and more confusing than I had expected.. full RTC