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Avengers: Everybody Wants to Rule the World: A Novel of the Marvel Universe
Dan Abnett
3.5 AVERAGE
18 reviews for:
Avengers: Everybody Wants to Rule the World: A Novel of the Marvel Universe
Dan Abnett
3.5 AVERAGE
Before we begin, let me say that I am NOT a professional book reviewer. I just enjoy reading and sharing my thoughts about them. I also have no sense of what a spoiler is, so read at your own risk. I cuss like a sailor, too.
So, I've had this book for a while now because I really enjoy the MCU. I've recently caught up with the movies and decided I would finally read this and I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed this book, too. The author did a good job of keeping the Avengers in character. There were a couple spots that were hard for me to read simply because, instead of writing one sentence, the author broke up a sentence into multiple sentences. I don't know if that makes sense? Basically, it felt like the two sentences should be combined into one because the stop between them made me pause and broke my immersion a bit.
One of the first things that threw me for a loop was where Hawkeye and Widow landed. When Hawkeye fought fucking dinosaurs, I lost my shit. Since when did Marvel have dinosaurs?! I had to stop and look up the Savage Land and dinosaurs in Marvel because I was losing my mind lmao
{"What did he want?" asked Fury.
"Ultron? He wanted to rule the world."
"Everybody wants to rule the world."}
He said it! He said the thing! I don't know why but I felt so excited when I read this part haha
{"How'd you get the A.I.M guy to talk?" asked Fury.
"Arrows are pointy," replied Hawkeye.}
I felt like I was watching one of the movies, man. Their lines are brilliant and perfectly in character. This is one of my favorite lines because I actually laughed at this (which helped because I was suffering high anxiety at the time.)
{The sentries had brought star systems to their knees.
But the Hulk... was the Hulk.}
Not gonna lie, I snorted at this one. The truth of this is just so on point that it's hilarious. Also #HulkSavesTheDay.
{"You want to do this or shall I?" he asked.
"Be my guest," said Cap.
"I think it's your turn," said Stark.
"Just do it," Cap said.
"It should come from you," said Stark. "It sounds better coming from you."
"Gentlemen..." growled Fury.
Stark smiled and nodded to Cap.
"Okay," said Captain America. "Avengers... assemble."}
Fucking iconic, bro. I want to see these two in a movie fighting over who should say it. Has this happened? I hope so. I didn't really like how he added the speaking tags after each line. It feels unnecessary after the first time because we know it's them speaking. This happens a lot throughout the book to the point where I kind of stopped reading them lol Unless the character did something other than just saying it, I ignored the speech tags.
Another thing that was hard to read in this book was the placement of the sentences. Typically, when you write something like [Cap looked at her.] and then you have him speak, it would be on the same line, right? But it's not. It goes like this:
{Cap looked at her.
"We know where he went?" he asked.}
When this happens, it feels like a character break, as if the baton is being passed on to the next character but then it's still him. This happens a lot through this book and my dumbass brain had trouble keeping up with it because I expected the next character to be speaking only for it to be the previous character so I had to re-read it.
{Cap and Iron Man looked at each other.
"Your turn," said Iron Man.
"I did it last time."
Tony Stark sighed.
"Okay," he said. He turned toward the others. He turned toward the others. "Avengers?" he called. "Guess what I'm going to say next."}
Overall, this book was pretty awesome. Then again, I'm a bit biased because, like I said, I love the MCU - and yes, I know the MCU is technically just the movies and TV shows but I'm including the other media because MU doesn't sound as cool. One thing I kept trying to figure out was where this book fit into the Marvel timeline and if it did at all.
Now, I've never read the comics (aside from Deadpool) and I've only seen the movies and some of the shows which I know doesn't cover the entire universe. I'm really interested to learn the timeline of all Marvel content, including the books and comics, too. It seems like this book would be somewhere in the middle of the timeline, before Infinity War. But... it's been a while since I've seen the movies at the beginning and doesn't Pietro die in the same movie he appears in? In the book, he is alive and well and very much a part of the Avengers. This was confusing to me.
I guess that kind of comes along with the territory, though. When you have a universe that is so damn vast and you have all these people coming together to make content for the same characters, it makes sense that some of the information wouldn't line up. I wish the full timeline of Marvel was in order and made sense but I know that's not the case and is probably impossible to accomplish, especially now. One can dream though.
I definitely recommend this book if you love Marvel or even if you just love superheroes.
So, I've had this book for a while now because I really enjoy the MCU. I've recently caught up with the movies and decided I would finally read this and I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed this book, too. The author did a good job of keeping the Avengers in character. There were a couple spots that were hard for me to read simply because, instead of writing one sentence, the author broke up a sentence into multiple sentences. I don't know if that makes sense? Basically, it felt like the two sentences should be combined into one because the stop between them made me pause and broke my immersion a bit.
One of the first things that threw me for a loop was where Hawkeye and Widow landed. When Hawkeye fought fucking dinosaurs, I lost my shit. Since when did Marvel have dinosaurs?! I had to stop and look up the Savage Land and dinosaurs in Marvel because I was losing my mind lmao
"Ultron? He wanted to rule the world."
"Everybody wants to rule the world."}
He said it! He said the thing! I don't know why but I felt so excited when I read this part haha
"Arrows are pointy," replied Hawkeye.}
I felt like I was watching one of the movies, man. Their lines are brilliant and perfectly in character. This is one of my favorite lines because I actually laughed at this (which helped because I was suffering high anxiety at the time.)
But the Hulk... was the Hulk.}
Not gonna lie, I snorted at this one. The truth of this is just so on point that it's hilarious. Also #HulkSavesTheDay.
"Be my guest," said Cap.
"I think it's your turn," said Stark.
"Just do it," Cap said.
"It should come from you," said Stark. "It sounds better coming from you."
"Gentlemen..." growled Fury.
Stark smiled and nodded to Cap.
"Okay," said Captain America. "Avengers... assemble."}
Fucking iconic, bro. I want to see these two in a movie fighting over who should say it. Has this happened? I hope so. I didn't really like how he added the speaking tags after each line. It feels unnecessary after the first time because we know it's them speaking. This happens a lot throughout the book to the point where I kind of stopped reading them lol Unless the character did something other than just saying it, I ignored the speech tags.
Another thing that was hard to read in this book was the placement of the sentences. Typically, when you write something like [Cap looked at her.] and then you have him speak, it would be on the same line, right? But it's not. It goes like this:
"We know where he went?" he asked.}
When this happens, it feels like a character break, as if the baton is being passed on to the next character but then it's still him. This happens a lot through this book and my dumbass brain had trouble keeping up with it because I expected the next character to be speaking only for it to be the previous character so I had to re-read it.
"Your turn," said Iron Man.
"I did it last time."
Tony Stark sighed.
"Okay," he said. He turned toward the others. He turned toward the others. "Avengers?" he called. "Guess what I'm going to say next."}
Overall, this book was pretty awesome. Then again, I'm a bit biased because, like I said, I love the MCU - and yes, I know the MCU is technically just the movies and TV shows but I'm including the other media because MU doesn't sound as cool. One thing I kept trying to figure out was where this book fit into the Marvel timeline and if it did at all.
Now, I've never read the comics (aside from Deadpool) and I've only seen the movies and some of the shows which I know doesn't cover the entire universe. I'm really interested to learn the timeline of all Marvel content, including the books and comics, too. It seems like this book would be somewhere in the middle of the timeline, before Infinity War. But... it's been a while since I've seen the movies at the beginning and doesn't Pietro die in the same movie he appears in? In the book, he is alive and well and very much a part of the Avengers. This was confusing to me.
I guess that kind of comes along with the territory, though. When you have a universe that is so damn vast and you have all these people coming together to make content for the same characters, it makes sense that some of the information wouldn't line up. I wish the full timeline of Marvel was in order and made sense but I know that's not the case and is probably impossible to accomplish, especially now. One can dream though.
I definitely recommend this book if you love Marvel or even if you just love superheroes.
The action scenes in this are unbearable -- it feels like reading the manual for a video game or the annotated script given to a stunt team. I don't care if Hawkeye's arrow arced towards AIM at a tight 45° -- tell me how he freaking feels during the battle. Or ever in this book. Literally anything besides a list of fight moves.
This was the Avengers movie I deserved. Reminded me so much of Avengers Assemble (the TV show). The final battle was somewhat rushed in my opinion, especially considering the build-up to it, but aside from that this book made my Avengers heart so happy.
adventurous
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I wished that I could’ve loved this book because I loved the MCU and wanted to explore the comic book universe without having to pay the price of the comics but I just couldn’t love or even like the book.
The book is set in the comic universe but the characterization of Tony is very much like MCU Tony, though the theme of AI is very interesting. Nat & Clint have the shortest adventure because they get a couple of chapters then a time skip happens so we never actually learn in detail what happened to them. All Steve does is punch a bunch of Hydra dudes, again. I’m very confused with the relevance of Thor’s story because that was more of Wanda (who isn’t even on the cover) doing all the magic and Thor does the punching. Bruce’s story was the most interesting because we actually got to see the internal conflict of the character.
But overall, this could’ve been a much shorter book or paced more equally amongst the characters and actually prioritized characterization and consistent theming instead of prioritizing a very slow plot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Slavery
adventurous
fast-paced
Dan Abnett is one of my favorite writers. I don't think I've read a book of his I didn't enjoy tremendously. From his voluminous work in 40k to his exceptional run of Marvel Cosmic (if you enjoy Guardians of the Galaxy he is the man to thank) he's written some of my all time favorite yarns and so when I saw he'd written a silly little Avengers novel I just had to give it a spin and it did not disappoint.
This book is a short, breezy thing told almost entirely through action sequences and it's everything you'd want given what it is. We go all over the globe as Cap punches Nazis, Iron Man goes up against Ultron, Banner squares off intellectually against the High Evolutionary, Thor fights demons, and Hawkeye and Black Widow have to survive .. dinosaurs?
All the while it teases a main mystery most delightfully. And if the conclusion is ultimately a little unsatisfactory and leaves you feeling slightly guilty having spent several hours on what amounts to non-stop punching as the ultimate problem solver, well, that's comic books for ya.
This book is a short, breezy thing told almost entirely through action sequences and it's everything you'd want given what it is. We go all over the globe as Cap punches Nazis, Iron Man goes up against Ultron, Banner squares off intellectually against the High Evolutionary, Thor fights demons, and Hawkeye and Black Widow have to survive .. dinosaurs?
All the while it teases a main mystery most delightfully. And if the conclusion is ultimately a little unsatisfactory and leaves you feeling slightly guilty having spent several hours on what amounts to non-stop punching as the ultimate problem solver, well, that's comic books for ya.
The Graphic Audio full cast did a great job, but the story was a little too disjointed for me. It comes in assuming you already know the characters, their abilities and backstories, and the major villains in the Marvel Universe. There is no lead-up, just fight scene after fight scene for the majority of the story. Still, the exposition parts of the book were done well, even if the ending seemed pretty contrived.