J. Blake Myersmann’s Reviews > The Lost Spectacular > Status Update
J. Blake Myersmann
is 47% done
I am so utterly confused by this book. Based on the description, I expected a lot more jumping through stories from our main characters. Instead, the mundane one is simply tortured by the magical one. It feels like bullying instead of an underdog (or poetic justice) story…
— May 11, 2026 02:04PM
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J. Blake Myersmann
is 34% done
This is how you create a supervillain. I am so confused by the motivations of the Spectacular troupe
— May 05, 2026 03:48AM
J. Blake Myersmann
is 29% done
I don’t think I’ve ever read a book with such a radical shift in structure. I’m so confused…
— May 04, 2026 03:51AM
J. Blake Myersmann
is 10% done
“…the fountain pen was the beginning of a story. You couldn’t be a child bibliophile and not know a story when it was at your door, no matter if you were squarely out of the fiction game. No one could say with a straight face that this wasn’t a third chapter set up.”
This is so fun! Mostly a modern fairy tale, but there are meta moments sprinkled in that are tantalizing…
— Apr 24, 2026 03:42AM
This is so fun! Mostly a modern fairy tale, but there are meta moments sprinkled in that are tantalizing…
