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rileylan 's review for:
The Lost Gate
by Orson Scott Card
The magic/super power system was nothing innovative, but how it's rules and depiction is shown through the MC and his entire family is dynamic. The MC jumps a lot between relatable and sympathetic to annoyingly dickish when he interacts with normal people, but that makes a more realistic teen I suppose. The flip flop POV between the present day MC and this mysterious, mute servant boy of the past with similar powers to the main protagonist is often and abrupt, it disrupted the flow of the plot constantly for me. The characters were forgettable, I don't even remember the name if the MC, just what his powers were and his pendulum attitude. Despite my complaints it was a decent enough story, just needed better plot flow. In my reading journal I'd give it a C+.