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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9737463" data-attributes="member: 86653">Finished Soon I Will Be Invincible tonight. The second half wasn't quite as good as the first half. The constant flashbacks began to grate and gave the narrative a choppy quality. It was good. I'm glad I read it. I guessed about half of the twists. It was nice to be right but it was better to be surprised. Two things really bugged me about the book, both dealing with the character of Regina. [ISPOILER]Regina is a kind of fairy tale fantasy queen in regalia with a magic scepter so potent it can beat any mortal. Think the Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe kids coming back with magic items to a world with superheroes. Then like a week later she's in her secret identity and the scepter is shown to be effectively costume jewelry. It's also hinted that the magic hammer used by the villain at the end is the same hammer brought back by one of Regina's friends but it still works...until it's broken. The whole "it's fantasy and works as long as you believe" or whatever always rubs me the wrong way.[/ISPOILER]</blockquote>