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Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

19 reviews

callidoralblack's review against another edition

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adventurous

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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felyn's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was the perfect follow-up to the last book, and I loved that they make up what is more or less Antsy's duology.

Parts of it were bittersweet, but I always love when more things come right in the end than not. It more than made up for the heartbreak of the last book's ending.

Antsy being at the school lands her and our usual pack of students on a quest. (I love that we have a core group of characters.) It leads them through a couple of different lands and we see familiar places and faces, not all of them pleasant, but we leave all of them with, at the very least, hope. And that's important, too.

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beccaand's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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avocadosocks's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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cj13's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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crystalisreading's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I didn't love this as much as previous books in this series. this is the first of them I've read on audio; I didn't love the narrator, so maybe that all played a part in it there was just a lot of conversation and a lot of grief and rage. which were valid, but not fun to read.

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yvo_about_books's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

Finished reading: May 17th 2024

"People who can't change aren't really perfect, and no matter how much we love it somewhere, that doesn't mean it's good for us."

I've been catching up with this series and I decided to read the most recently published sequel as well so that I'm finally up to date. Mislaid In Parts Half-Known is already book number nine of this YA urban fantasy/magical realism series, and it's a direct sequel of book eight with plenty of spoilers for the other books as well. This means it's definitely important to read the books in order! That said, I really liked that we got to see how Antsy's story ends in this sequel. Mislaid In Parts Half-Known is partly set at Eleanor West's School and partly a quest set in multiple worlds. As always, I prefer the quest parts, and while it was great catching up with some of the characters, it also kind of distracted from the plot itself. There were actually too many references to past quests and things the characters did, and it kind of made my head spin. Also, when did Sumi get so mean? I would have loved more focus on just Antsy and maybe Kade, as the story didn't really feel all that cohesive as some of the previous sequels. The quest itself also wasn't quite as challenging as I thought it would be... Although I still enjoyed following the characters and I liked how things were wrapped up. All in all it wasn't my favorite Wayward Children book, but still a pretty good read.

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