Ha! I have not read Magic for Liars, and I'm a bit wary of it based on not liking anything else I've read by Gailey, but I could try checking it out.
I agree that the unreliable part of STET is neat, and I thought the whole concept was a very interesting one, and the gradual darkening is well done. And I liked it better on this read than I did on my first. But the thing that made me not really like it on my first read was that I thought the editor character was so clueless as to be effectively unbelievable. To be fair, I think Gailey set themself too hard a task here, by writing something where the reader was supposed to be able to pick up what is going on, but the editor (who is supposed to know Anna much better than the reader, given the clues in the text) is just like "hmm this note seems out of place"?? Speaking of which, who gives someone a text to edit on AI cars whose daughter just got killed by one??
Um. It's also possible my strong opinions on this might be flavored by having kids :)
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I agree that the unreliable part of STET is neat, and I thought the whole concept was a very interesting one, and the gradual darkening is well done. And I liked it better on this read than I did on my first. But the thing that made me not really like it on my first read was that I thought the editor character was so clueless as to be effectively unbelievable. To be fair, I think Gailey set themself too hard a task here, by writing something where the reader was supposed to be able to pick up what is going on, but the editor (who is supposed to know Anna much better than the reader, given the clues in the text) is just like "hmm this note seems out of place"?? Speaking of which, who gives someone a text to edit on AI cars whose daughter just got killed by one??
Um. It's also possible my strong opinions on this might be flavored by having kids :)