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reviewed Mister Magic by Kiersten White

Kiersten White: Mister Magic (Hardcover, 2023, Del Rey)

Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister …

One of the best I’ve read this year

It’s not really my genre, but I picked this up for book club, and I quite enjoyed the ride. “Mister Magic” plays well on tropes about childhood nostalgia, and having a main character as a bit of a tabula rasa helps. The plot moves at a decent pace, and I loved that the ending doesn’t suck; in fact, it was all but perfect given the plot.