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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
LOVE.
This tale of Lois Lane in high school was awesome. I loved her adventurous, truth sniffing spirit. I loved how it felt like it was now or near future and I adored her chat and in game interactions with "SmallvilleGuy".
The tone was humorous and reminded me of the snark level of the Batman Beyond series (which I love).
It's listed as YA but there was no content that would worry me about handing to upper elementary.
This tale of Lois Lane in high school was awesome. I loved her adventurous, truth sniffing spirit. I loved how it felt like it was now or near future and I adored her chat and in game interactions with "SmallvilleGuy".
The tone was humorous and reminded me of the snark level of the Batman Beyond series (which I love).
It's listed as YA but there was no content that would worry me about handing to upper elementary.
This is a great, well paced novel. Love how the author portrays the teen Lois Lane. Great for any fan of Superman. But you don't have to be an expert on the superhero genre to appreciate this novel. It's so well written and has such an engaging cast of characters it is a fun, light sci-fi read without knowing much about the manga that inspired it.
I really enjoyed this, was a great story that was well suited to the wall of strange. Well paced, interesting characters and a nicely thought out plot.
Have seen a number of people complaining about the lack of Superman but I think that's the whole point. This introduces Lois Lane as a journalist in her own right - she's strong, brave and believes in helping others. A great role model for young girls.
Thank you to Curious Fox for the reading copy.
Have seen a number of people complaining about the lack of Superman but I think that's the whole point. This introduces Lois Lane as a journalist in her own right - she's strong, brave and believes in helping others. A great role model for young girls.
Thank you to Curious Fox for the reading copy.
Lois Lane: Fallout is book number one in a new Young Adult series by Switch Press, written by Gwenda Bond (Girl on a Wire). It focuses on the adventures of a young Lois Lane who is just as tenacious as she will be as the Daily Planet’s star reporter.
First appearing in the pages of Action Comics in 1938, Lois Lane not only became a love interest of Superman, but also a major character of the DC Universe known the world over. She has survived for seventy seven years by being constantly reimagined for new generations. Just recently she was played on the big screen by actress Amy Adams in the Man of Steel. Prior to that Lois was a small screen heroine in Smallville, played by Erica Durance and in Lois and Clark: the New Adventures of Superman played by Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives). She never passes up a story, and is always helping the underdog out for the betterment of society. This book is no different.
Gwenda Bond does a great (and often humorous) job at writing Lois Lane as a heroine for the young adult crowd. Page by page we are introduced to a Lois Lane that was first brought to us in the late eighties by artist and writer John Byrne in the pages of Man of Steel. The comic portrayed an army-brat Lois Lane with a General father, who is constantly in danger and trouble. I am happy that this is the route that Bond took with the series, because I have always loved that Lois above the other incarnations. As a fan of DC Comics I was excited to begin this book, and I am happy I did.
We are introduced to Lois Lane, sixteen year old teen who is constantly reminded that military school awaits any Lane girl who gets out of line. Her mother keeps the peace between Lois and her father, General Sam Lane (Lois and her father are rather evenly matched when it comes to tempers). Her sister, Lucy, lies low, playing video games and worrying Lois will end up in military school away from her. They arrive in Metropolis to start a new life as they have done before which Sam’s military standing demands. At her high school, Lois is immediately thrown into a situation involving a young girl named Anavi. The straight-A student is being bullied by a group of creepy teenagers known as the Warheads, who act perfectly-synced in all they do, even finishing each other’s sentence. Principal Butler hears Anavi’s pleas for help, but seems to not care. Lois is troubled by this. Upon confronting the Principal, she is brought into the world of journalism by none other than a young Perry White. Perry loves her bold manner, and watches with interest as she counters the Principal’s actions.
After her conversation ends with Principal Butler, Perry asks if Lois would be interested in being a student reporter for the Scoop, a new part of the Daily Planet’s reporting. She immediately accepts. As she is introduced to faculty and students, she realizes that several of her classmates are part of the Scoop journalist program. As they enter the basement of the Planet, affectionately called the Morgue, Lois settles into getting to know her fellow reporters. Maddy, James the Third, and Devin seem just as eager to report as Lois is. Lois also is talking via chat to a boy only known to her as SmallvilleGuy. If you are a Superman fan, it does not take you long to realize that it is indeed Clark Kent that she is talking to.
After looking into the Warheads’ taunting of Anavi, Lois and her new friends get embroiled in a dangerous world of psychic powers, clandestine military experiments, and the beginnings of her understanding that there are those with “powers” in the DC Universe. Their reporting could get them expelled or even killed!
This book is a fast-paced ride that had me coming out of all 304 pages smiling ear-to-ear with geeky-nostalgia. I am a huge fan of DC Comics, and Gwenda Bond did a wonderful job bringing these characters to life! I gave this book four out of five stars.
Gwenda Bond continues the Lois Lane series in Double Down on May 1, 2016!
First appearing in the pages of Action Comics in 1938, Lois Lane not only became a love interest of Superman, but also a major character of the DC Universe known the world over. She has survived for seventy seven years by being constantly reimagined for new generations. Just recently she was played on the big screen by actress Amy Adams in the Man of Steel. Prior to that Lois was a small screen heroine in Smallville, played by Erica Durance and in Lois and Clark: the New Adventures of Superman played by Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives). She never passes up a story, and is always helping the underdog out for the betterment of society. This book is no different.
Gwenda Bond does a great (and often humorous) job at writing Lois Lane as a heroine for the young adult crowd. Page by page we are introduced to a Lois Lane that was first brought to us in the late eighties by artist and writer John Byrne in the pages of Man of Steel. The comic portrayed an army-brat Lois Lane with a General father, who is constantly in danger and trouble. I am happy that this is the route that Bond took with the series, because I have always loved that Lois above the other incarnations. As a fan of DC Comics I was excited to begin this book, and I am happy I did.
We are introduced to Lois Lane, sixteen year old teen who is constantly reminded that military school awaits any Lane girl who gets out of line. Her mother keeps the peace between Lois and her father, General Sam Lane (Lois and her father are rather evenly matched when it comes to tempers). Her sister, Lucy, lies low, playing video games and worrying Lois will end up in military school away from her. They arrive in Metropolis to start a new life as they have done before which Sam’s military standing demands. At her high school, Lois is immediately thrown into a situation involving a young girl named Anavi. The straight-A student is being bullied by a group of creepy teenagers known as the Warheads, who act perfectly-synced in all they do, even finishing each other’s sentence. Principal Butler hears Anavi’s pleas for help, but seems to not care. Lois is troubled by this. Upon confronting the Principal, she is brought into the world of journalism by none other than a young Perry White. Perry loves her bold manner, and watches with interest as she counters the Principal’s actions.
After her conversation ends with Principal Butler, Perry asks if Lois would be interested in being a student reporter for the Scoop, a new part of the Daily Planet’s reporting. She immediately accepts. As she is introduced to faculty and students, she realizes that several of her classmates are part of the Scoop journalist program. As they enter the basement of the Planet, affectionately called the Morgue, Lois settles into getting to know her fellow reporters. Maddy, James the Third, and Devin seem just as eager to report as Lois is. Lois also is talking via chat to a boy only known to her as SmallvilleGuy. If you are a Superman fan, it does not take you long to realize that it is indeed Clark Kent that she is talking to.
After looking into the Warheads’ taunting of Anavi, Lois and her new friends get embroiled in a dangerous world of psychic powers, clandestine military experiments, and the beginnings of her understanding that there are those with “powers” in the DC Universe. Their reporting could get them expelled or even killed!
This book is a fast-paced ride that had me coming out of all 304 pages smiling ear-to-ear with geeky-nostalgia. I am a huge fan of DC Comics, and Gwenda Bond did a wonderful job bringing these characters to life! I gave this book four out of five stars.
Gwenda Bond continues the Lois Lane series in Double Down on May 1, 2016!
Esta es la primera novelización de un comic que leo.Tenemos una Lois teenager super inteligente y con alma de detective privado que chatea con un posible Superman y sus mensajes son pura ternura ...pero.... se centra en un misterio que ocurre en su escuela.
A los villanos les faltó más maldá xD
A los villanos les faltó más maldá xD
A fun young Lois Lane story. 3 pages in & I was sold on her character. I would read more.
7/10
This book was good but was manly just setup for what the next books in this series are going to be like, and introducing us to our cast of cub reporters and setting for this teen adventure series. I liked the cast of characters that surrounded Lois but I really feel as if Bond left them by the wayside to focus on Lois and Clark's relationship (complete with online persona that has his iconic glasses no matter how illogical that is.) While I understand this is a Superman property, I've read enough stories with him that I understand what kind of character he is, so I was more interested in getting to know the others. But I hope this is due to how Lois is written as stand-offish and will need some time to get to know her compatriots in following novels.
Also the online world in my mind was rather silly and requires a lot of suspension of disbelief especially if you have some knowledge of how VR works.
However the book also had some aspects of what I liked in the Sammy Keyes series which I loved as a kid so reading this book was a nice nostalgia trip for me. I look forward to reading the next books.
This book was good but was manly just setup for what the next books in this series are going to be like, and introducing us to our cast of cub reporters and setting for this teen adventure series. I liked the cast of characters that surrounded Lois but I really feel as if Bond left them by the wayside to focus on Lois and Clark's relationship (complete with online persona that has his iconic glasses no matter how illogical that is.) While I understand this is a Superman property, I've read enough stories with him that I understand what kind of character he is, so I was more interested in getting to know the others. But I hope this is due to how Lois is written as stand-offish and will need some time to get to know her compatriots in following novels.
Also the online world in my mind was rather silly and requires a lot of suspension of disbelief especially if you have some knowledge of how VR works.
However the book also had some aspects of what I liked in the Sammy Keyes series which I loved as a kid so reading this book was a nice nostalgia trip for me. I look forward to reading the next books.
I would like to be friends with this Lois Lane. She's smart, sarcastic, confident, and doesn't take any crap. It's nice to see a character like this in YA fiction and I loved her personality. This story was intriguing and interesting (virtual reality battles...yes!). I will be looking forward to the sequel.
So great. If you like women or superheroes, go read this book.
Using Lois as the narrative voice is a stroke of brilliance. It allows her to be strong and active, a hero in her own right. It's also a genius way to deal with the discomfort our culture has with people who are supposed to be good through and through (Superman). Both Lois and Clark can be complex characters. Can't wait to see the next book.
Using Lois as the narrative voice is a stroke of brilliance. It allows her to be strong and active, a hero in her own right. It's also a genius way to deal with the discomfort our culture has with people who are supposed to be good through and through (Superman). Both Lois and Clark can be complex characters. Can't wait to see the next book.
Great concept, but poorly done. Basic, formulaic YA with little substance--I wanted a lot more than what I got from this one :(