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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
A M A Z I N G!! I loved every part of this. It's a brilliant book that I couldn't help but recommend to anyone who would listen; before I even finished the book. I am so pumped that this is a series and I can't wait to see where we go from here.
3.5 really, and mostly because I just really love Cinema Sins. If nothing else, it was fun to read!
Listened to the audio. The narration was done by the author, and was good - although a little fast. I slowed down the narration a notch at first until I got used to it. The basic concept of a world where kids come into their superpowers at a certain age after their whole town has hidden it from them is a bit of a stretch - I never quite bought that the powers would have been hidden. I was hopeful regarding the rest of the concept - that a bunch of superhero kids with disabilities could be done well. It was in some ways but in others it annoyed me. Did we really basically have to come up with a cure for his disability through his super smart friends use of technology? Oh well. It was a good start. Enjoyable enough.
I read this over a 3 day weekend. It was definitely easy and very entertaining. The characters were fun and yu definitely felt some attachment to them. However, the story was predictable and I think that's why I didn't enjoy it as much as I would have liked. Otherwise, definitely a good and quick summer read!
I actually enjoyed this book. My teenage son read it and loved it and wanted me to read it. It had a Harry Potter feel to it, although my son disagrees with me. A Prophesy, An evil guy coming back, A Chosen One, 12 year olds getting into mischief... I really enjoyed the part about kids with disabilities saving the world though. Great read!
The concept of the book is incredibly appealing: a group of superheroes with disabilities that want to prove to the world that they are perfectly capable of living up to their powers.
I think the story is really interesting and enjoyable, but I found the narrating and story telling more suitable for young adults or teens. One aspect I didn’t enjoy was the fact that there wasn’t even one female character with development or a leading role in the story.
Other than that, the villain of the story was a bit “cartoonish”.
I would recommend this book as a light and enjoyable reading.
I think the story is really interesting and enjoyable, but I found the narrating and story telling more suitable for young adults or teens. One aspect I didn’t enjoy was the fact that there wasn’t even one female character with development or a leading role in the story.
Other than that, the villain of the story was a bit “cartoonish”.
I would recommend this book as a light and enjoyable reading.
Are you looking for a MG book that features kids who deal with a range of “handicaps” from blindness to Down Syndrome to being in a wheel chair? And those kids face bullies, depression, and loss? And ALSO THOSE KIDS ARE SUPERHEROES?!? I thought so. Go to your local library or bookstore and check out The Ables.
Well... I made it. Oof. What can be said about this book except: it WAS NOT ready for publication. Just because a book has no/few spelling errors does not make it ready for publication. Jeremy Scott is obviously a novice and clearly had no one to take a firm hand and correct his many story telling missteps.
The characters ranged from cardboard to deeply unlikable. The MC was downright despise-able. He never grew or learned. He only leaned in harder to being an insufferable ass. His "friends" exist to help him and make him look better.
The only women in this book are in like 2 scenes or they get fridged real hard.
The climax... double oof. There were elements I could like... if it was written by someone who had much more practice under their belt. Jeremy Scott did not have the skill. So the climax was a disastrous mess that made me wish I had laser eyes to use on this book.
No action in this book ever happened without multiple chapters of character TALKING about the action that was going to happen. Thanks, I hate it.
Want my purest, realest, in the moment thoughts? Check out my read along on youtube! https://youtu.be/j3COU3z1gxc
The characters ranged from cardboard to deeply unlikable. The MC was downright despise-able. He never grew or learned. He only leaned in harder to being an insufferable ass. His "friends" exist to help him and make him look better.
The only women in this book are in like 2 scenes or they get fridged real hard.
The climax... double oof. There were elements I could like... if it was written by someone who had much more practice under their belt. Jeremy Scott did not have the skill. So the climax was a disastrous mess that made me wish I had laser eyes to use on this book.
No action in this book ever happened without multiple chapters of character TALKING about the action that was going to happen. Thanks, I hate it.
Want my purest, realest, in the moment thoughts? Check out my read along on youtube! https://youtu.be/j3COU3z1gxc
This is for a younger audience than I thought. It's a simple comic book plot, but a decent one. It's got some cliches. Doesn't break out of a mold or do anything to distinguish itself. It's no "Steelheart" or "Soon I Will Be Invincible". It's supposed to be about disabled superheroes, but the disabling doesn't come up much.
It's fun to see them come up with ways around it (like hooking a telepath to a viewscreen of the blind guy's POV). But they find ways around it quickly and it ceases to be an issue. Katawa Shoujo did a better job of dealing with the day-to-day hardships and it had a variety of characters -- thematically exploring who lets their disability define them and who doesn't. There isn't much of the daily life struggles they face, like the handicapped guy getting stared at. That's the sort of thing I wanted to see. In fact, I think one guy gets his arm back at some point. And my biggest complaint? No girls.
It's fun to see them come up with ways around it (like hooking a telepath to a viewscreen of the blind guy's POV). But they find ways around it quickly and it ceases to be an issue. Katawa Shoujo did a better job of dealing with the day-to-day hardships and it had a variety of characters -- thematically exploring who lets their disability define them and who doesn't. There isn't much of the daily life struggles they face, like the handicapped guy getting stared at. That's the sort of thing I wanted to see. In fact, I think one guy gets his arm back at some point. And my biggest complaint? No girls.
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I dont know if I’d continue this series. But if I had read this when I was a pre-teen this would have been sick as hell! I do think it’s not the best written book but it was the first outing for the author so I’m going to give some leeway