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A review by readingwithhippos
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
5.0
This book is wacky but with a heart of gold. The Telemachus family once demonstrated their supernatural powers onstage for adoring fans, but the matriarch died young, the three kids are all grown, and no one in the family has found the success those glittery early years promised. Now Frankie is in debt up to his eyeballs, Irene and her teenage son have moved in with her dad, and Uncle Buddy is functionally mute. When one of the newest generation of Telemachuses starts showing signs of latent talent, it might mean that things are finally looking up—or it may signal their total destruction.
The perspective shifts from character to character and the timeline hops from present day to past and back again, but Gregory tap dances through the key changes without dropping any of the plates he’s set spinning. Every time I needed to put the book down to tend to real life, I invariably felt like I was at a crucial juncture. Just a few more pages, please!
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The perspective shifts from character to character and the timeline hops from present day to past and back again, but Gregory tap dances through the key changes without dropping any of the plates he’s set spinning. Every time I needed to put the book down to tend to real life, I invariably felt like I was at a crucial juncture. Just a few more pages, please!
More book recommendations by me at www.readingwithhippos.com