A review by monalyisha
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

“Wake up. We need to let my terrifying ex-girlfriend tell us how we’re supposed to manifest a primal force of reality before asshole chemists set us the fuck on fire.”

 

The above quote is pretty indicative of Middlegame’s overall tone: it’s desperate, matter-of-fact, urgent, terribly serious but also quite silly. 

 

While I enjoyed my reading experience, it largely confirmed that giant tomes just aren’t my thing.

Reading this book took me much longer than I would have liked (& there was a bit too much “timey-wimey stuff”). But it was interesting to see what McGuire can do when she gives herself length & breadth, especially given that I normally read her (absolutely killer) novellas.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Self harm