A quick read that didn't make me think of anything I hadn't thought of before, but I generally enjoyed the journey our narrator went on. A pleasant addition to the Snicket world.
It kept me on my toes for most of the book. I did want to find out what happened, how, why - but that excitement was completely overpowered by how disgusting the characters were. The sexism, psychotic teens, general terrible thoughts I was subject to throughout the reading experienced absolutely sullied this book. This isn't the case of an author writing these gross characters in a way to make the reader rethink their sympathies or anything, either. These characters are not written in a way I wanted to root for them, they seem to be the author's inner thoughts and I was disgusted.
There are so many characters and they are not strong enough to stand out from each other. For a book about a sports team doing witchcraft, there really isn't a whole lot of interesting sections of witchcraft. I was hoping for a lot more historical connection outside of a name and a lot more interesting coming-of-age things besides sex. The narration was also sort of (I hate to say) cringey at times, especially when they are talking about things new in the late 80s that we know all about now. I know it was trying to be funny but the humor wasn't for me, or maybe I'm too young to appreciate it. There were absolutely endearing moments, and the diversity of the characters and their highlighted stories are really good. But it didn't feel as cohesive as it could have been.