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thereadingmama4 's review for:
The Hidden Magic of Ordinary Things
by Olivia McCullough
lighthearted
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wanted to love this book, but I ended up just liking it. It has all the elements for a good story, the writing is descriptive….until it’s not. The characters seem to have depth…until they don’t. I think the first half of the book set it up to head one direction and then after a pivotal moment between the main characters it just kind of fizzled into a ‘now we’re both sad and not speaking’ vibe. There were several times an interesting hint was dropped that never had any payoff (like who was Calder before he came to town and why doesn’t he want to talk about it?)