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A review by patsypoo
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
2.0
Ugh! Fantastically boring. Not enough spoon bending and far too male centric for my taste. [b:Spoonbenders|32827398|Spoonbenders|Daryl Gregory|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492697004s/32827398.jpg|53428144] was not for me.
Interesting premise but not executed very well. The plot d...r...a...g...g...e...d... and it seemed to be going absolutely nowhere until I was about 3/4 of the way through. The very end of it picked up a bit and that's when I wanted to see how it would finish.
The story is very convoluted. It goes back and forth between their present day (1995) and the past of each of the characters. Lots of threads of the story get introduced but it was hard to establish where they'd all fit. It's written pretty well but I didn't like the structure of it.
I didn't like any of the characters either. I love an unlikeable character but how am I supposed to give a shit about a selfish, deluded, irresponsible and pervy old man like Teddy? The only character I liked was Buddy but I didn't get enough of him.
Interesting premise but not executed very well. The plot d...r...a...g...g...e...d... and it seemed to be going absolutely nowhere until I was about 3/4 of the way through. The very end of it picked up a bit and that's when I wanted to see how it would finish.
The story is very convoluted. It goes back and forth between their present day (1995) and the past of each of the characters. Lots of threads of the story get introduced but it was hard to establish where they'd all fit. It's written pretty well but I didn't like the structure of it.
I didn't like any of the characters either. I love an unlikeable character but how am I supposed to give a shit about a selfish, deluded, irresponsible and pervy old man like Teddy? The only character I liked was Buddy but I didn't get enough of him.