A review by naava
Making Magic: Weaving Together the Everyday and the Extraordinary by Briana Saussy
3.0
I received a free eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Three and a half stars, rounded down to three for Goodreads, despite mathematics telling me that's the wrong thing to do.
My biggest criticism is that it was extremely difficult for me to "get into" the book. I found myself forcing myself to read the book up until the 40 percent mark. That's when it got interesting. Forcing myself to read: rating went to three and a half stars which I would have rounded up to four... if it hadn't been for the Golden Locks story which was used to frame and structure the book. I wasn't a fan of that, the purpose of it still isn't one hundred percent clear to me. So I decided it was time for me to demonstrate my abysmal mathematical skills and round a 3,5 to 3.
I enjoyed the way Saussy wrote about the intersection of magic and mundane, of the ways magic is all around us. I was also a fan of the Stepping Stones. I will most likely be revisiting the book and the exercises and the Stepping Stones eventually!
Definitely recommended to anyone who's new to magic and would like to observe the magical side of themselves – or just anyone who isn't a fan of highly structured and, uh, authoritarian magic.
Three and a half stars, rounded down to three for Goodreads, despite mathematics telling me that's the wrong thing to do.
My biggest criticism is that it was extremely difficult for me to "get into" the book. I found myself forcing myself to read the book up until the 40 percent mark. That's when it got interesting. Forcing myself to read: rating went to three and a half stars which I would have rounded up to four... if it hadn't been for the Golden Locks story which was used to frame and structure the book. I wasn't a fan of that, the purpose of it still isn't one hundred percent clear to me. So I decided it was time for me to demonstrate my abysmal mathematical skills and round a 3,5 to 3.
I enjoyed the way Saussy wrote about the intersection of magic and mundane, of the ways magic is all around us. I was also a fan of the Stepping Stones. I will most likely be revisiting the book and the exercises and the Stepping Stones eventually!
Definitely recommended to anyone who's new to magic and would like to observe the magical side of themselves – or just anyone who isn't a fan of highly structured and, uh, authoritarian magic.