It was some lovely serendipity that brought me to Charlie Holmberg’s, The Paper Magician. It’s part of Amazon’s Kindle First program where you pick among some novels about to be published whose price is included in your Prime membership. This is the second novel I acquired this way (Time Bound being the first). So far, the program is batting 1000. The serendipity part of this is the astonishing level of polish, comedic timing and ability to generate poignant moments in a first novel.
Breakdown of The Paper Magician Review:
- Introduction
- Humor & Pathos
- A Brilliant Plot Mechanism
- Clever & Caring V.S. Powerful & Selfish
- Challenges
- Narration
- Summary
- Arguments for the novel’s brilliance NOTE: Evidence includes SPOILERS
Charlie N. Holmberg
Introduction:
Early on in the book, I found myself alternately smiling and chuckling at the protagonist, Ceony Twill, and her interaction with Magician Emery Thane, the magician to whom she’s…
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