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Avengers: Everybody Wants to Rule the World: A Novel of the Marvel Universe
Dan Abnett
3.48 AVERAGE
17 reviews for:
Avengers: Everybody Wants to Rule the World: A Novel of the Marvel Universe
Dan Abnett
3.48 AVERAGE
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.
adventurous
medium-paced