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I reread Middlegame and enjoyed it more the second time, but I ended up mostly skimming this book because I could not get invested in Harry and Melanie's quest. However, there's an interlude about halfway in (starting with "Farmer's Market") where they encounter the heroes of Middlegame, who infodump a recap of what feels like their missing epilogue. That section of the book, pasted on as it felt, was the only part of the story that held my interest. We are told that Roger & Dodger did at least one more reset and were able to save Erin and Smita. But because they were manifest, they remembered what needed to change and what had to stay the same and why, so it was relatively minor editing compared to what they had previously done.

Tor has announced that there will be three more books in the series: Tidal Creatures in 2024, Inkpot Gods in 2026, and Asphodel in 2028. The first two of those sound like more minor diversions, but I'll definitely be interested to see how it wraps up when the time comes.

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