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The Vexed Generation (Magic 2.0 #6)
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Like any 80s sitcom struggling with ratings, the solution is...SURPISE KIDS! I have a soft spot for Meyer's Magic 2.0 series. I think Meyer does as well as he keeps going back to these characters with inconsistent results.
While I generally enjoy the characters and their mildly backbiting dialogue with each other, there's no real development in them or in their world.
Now, the children here aren't a surprise per se, but the twin children of Martin and Gwen, and are the main protagonists as they slowly discover their parents "magical" abilities and must learn them themselves to save their parents who have been magically "frozen" by forces unknown.
Unfortunately, this novel drags SUBSTANTIALLY in the middle as the twins ping pong back and forth among wizards without accomplishing anything. The penultimate conflict is decidedly mundane (parliamentary procedure features heavily) and while the final "battle" is amusing enough, there was never any real narrative build to it so it just kind of happened.
Ultimately, Meyer likes these characters and I understand why, but after 6 books they really should be doing MORE. Otherwise, it's just literary arrested development (which actually fits the characters well, but doesnt make for a great novel).
While I generally enjoy the characters and their mildly backbiting dialogue with each other, there's no real development in them or in their world.
Now, the children here aren't a surprise per se, but the twin children of Martin and Gwen, and are the main protagonists as they slowly discover their parents "magical" abilities and must learn them themselves to save their parents who have been magically "frozen" by forces unknown.
Unfortunately, this novel drags SUBSTANTIALLY in the middle as the twins ping pong back and forth among wizards without accomplishing anything. The penultimate conflict is decidedly mundane (parliamentary procedure features heavily) and while the final "battle" is amusing enough, there was never any real narrative build to it so it just kind of happened.
Ultimately, Meyer likes these characters and I understand why, but after 6 books they really should be doing MORE. Otherwise, it's just literary arrested development (which actually fits the characters well, but doesnt make for a great novel).
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May 09, 2020 10:19AM
You got something there with the 80s sitcom. Doesn't every book seem like another episode in one of these old shows? One of the protagonists gets into trouble; the others have to get him out. In the end everything is back to normal.
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