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Spoonbenders
by Daryl Gregory
SPOONBENDERS is one of those books you never want to finish because you're enjoying it so much, yet at the same time you're tempted to rush through it just to find out what's going to happen to this dysfunctional, endearing family in the end.
The story is set in Chicago (which I did not know when I added it to my list), so I was amused by many of the nods to local sights and native quirks. The one exception is the Mob; it figures prominently in the plot and is a well-worn trope in this region. But even though gangsters drive the action, they don't overshadow the real story—how this gifted family is learning to navigate their post-fame reality, one where they take their punches (literal and figurative) and hope that everything's going to work out. Cause even if it doesn't, they can still count on each other.
The story is set in Chicago (which I did not know when I added it to my list), so I was amused by many of the nods to local sights and native quirks. The one exception is the Mob; it figures prominently in the plot and is a well-worn trope in this region. But even though gangsters drive the action, they don't overshadow the real story—how this gifted family is learning to navigate their post-fame reality, one where they take their punches (literal and figurative) and hope that everything's going to work out. Cause even if it doesn't, they can still count on each other.