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fivecatsinacoat's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced review copy of this book.
This was fun, but also fairly flat. It read more YA than adult, which is fine, but it also wasn't very deep. I wish this book had pushed further into the idea of losing your history and background and how that affects you.
This was fun, but also fairly flat. It read more YA than adult, which is fine, but it also wasn't very deep. I wish this book had pushed further into the idea of losing your history and background and how that affects you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Confinement, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Kidnapping
asphodelashes's review
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was a fun, lighthearted read. Reminds me of the superhero stuff I watched as a kid.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Confinement, and Mental illness
nebulasaurus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The Narrator for the Audiobook, sadly, does not do great male impressions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
marareading's review against another edition
No rating for a DNF. The premise was so interesting to me, but I found myself feeling like the characters weren't grounded and I couldn't follow them. I couldn't get invested despite the good plot idea. It wasn't enough to hold me to the end.
If you like a medium pace, superheroes/superpowers, and heroes coming together to fight an evil corporation, you may want to give this a chance.
If you like a medium pace, superheroes/superpowers, and heroes coming together to fight an evil corporation, you may want to give this a chance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Confinement and Forced institutionalization
laguerrelewis's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I want to start out this review saying I was really rooting for this book. The premise was so interesting, and I love to see superhero stories told by people of color. That said, this fell pretty flat with me. Mike Chen admits in the acknowledgements that this was originally a short story he revamped to be novel length, and I think I would’ve liked it better in it’s original format. Ultimately it comes down to good ideas that sputter out without much behind them. The action is a bit hard to follow. The mystery of the story doesn’t last very long, and the few questions left up in the air are pretty easy to predict. The characters are good, but their development is rushed, and I felt like I never actually got to know them beyond some surface level information. I was constantly questioning what audience this book is for—it read like the lower end of YA, but some of the subjects were more adult than I’d expect. It doesn’t really deliver on the “Superhero” or “Mystery” aspects. I don’t want to hate on Chen, but this was not for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement and Violence
Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol
sarah984's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This was a fun little popcorn movie of a book about a hero and villain with superpowers who meet by chance at a memory loss support group meeting. I noticed a few typos and I think the plot started to unravel a bit towards the end with a lot of revelations all at once (and the way things went down with the cop was kind of wishy-washy) but overall I enjoyed my time with this one. The characters weren't super deep but they were fun to watch and for the most part the action and comedy balanced well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Car accident, and Dementia
thereadingrambler's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Alcoholism, and Medical content
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