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Southern-Toe5605 t1_j1vdkz4 wrote

Yep, I don't like him either for this and many other reasons. I agree he's a master of worldbuilding, and technically a fine writer, but other than that... his books always feel like YA to me.

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Dostojevskij1205 OP t1_j1vebta wrote

That's it! It definitively feels like YA. Hell, you have a character that describes everything related to the magic system as "awesome", and when she uses magic, she's simply releasing her awesomeness.

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Difficult_Bunch_4559 t1_j1vj9qe wrote

I mean that's bc she has the mind of a young child, and her acting like that is an attempt to not grow up which she finds terrifying. That's not for reader benefit in any way, it's just the character

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