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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
A bit slow to start but once you get to the halfway mark it really picks up.
Interesting perspective for a story to be told by the perspective of a blind person, and the plot is fun and engaging with interesting and sometimes predictable twists and turns.
Interesting perspective for a story to be told by the perspective of a blind person, and the plot is fun and engaging with interesting and sometimes predictable twists and turns.
For someone who analyzes movie clichés for a living, you'd think Jeremy Scott would use less of them in his book.
-(First-person) narration *ding*
-Book steals from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" *ding*
-Hero-and-all-his-friends-are-underdogs cliché *ding*
-Donnie ex machina (twice!) *ding*
-Bentley is ridiculously, stereotypically nerdy *ding*
-Henry is the token black friend *ding*
-L̶u̶k̶e̶ Phillip, I am your (grand)father *ding*
-Hero's mom dies *ding*
-SO MUCH EXPOSITIONAL DIALOGUE *ding*
-That-wasn't-my-real-plan cliché *ding*
-Scene does not contain a lap dance *ding*
In all seriousness though, I did like this book. Especially in the second half, when the plot gets more gripping. The characters are likable and the concept is really interesting. The dialogue is sometimes clunky but overall the writing is good, and it's nice that it doesn't spend hours on visual description, since the main character's blind. There are some genuinely unexpected twists (though I spoiled like all of them above) that just make "The Ables" really hard to put down.
Also, I am SO, SO happy that he avoided the usually YA-novel shoehorned romance plot. I'm not sure why I was worried that there would be one, but I'm glad there's not.
-(First-person) narration *ding*
-Book steals from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" *ding*
-Hero-and-all-his-friends-are-underdogs cliché *ding*
-Donnie ex machina (twice!) *ding*
-Bentley is ridiculously, stereotypically nerdy *ding*
-Henry is the token black friend *ding*
-L̶u̶k̶e̶ Phillip, I am your (grand)father *ding*
-Hero's mom dies *ding*
-SO MUCH EXPOSITIONAL DIALOGUE *ding*
-That-wasn't-my-real-plan cliché *ding*
-Scene does not contain a lap dance *ding*
In all seriousness though, I did like this book. Especially in the second half, when the plot gets more gripping. The characters are likable and the concept is really interesting. The dialogue is sometimes clunky but overall the writing is good, and it's nice that it doesn't spend hours on visual description, since the main character's blind. There are some genuinely unexpected twists (though I spoiled like all of them above) that just make "The Ables" really hard to put down.
Also, I am SO, SO happy that he avoided the usually YA-novel shoehorned romance plot. I'm not sure why I was worried that there would be one, but I'm glad there's not.
I would give this 5 stars if not for that fact that this edition felt like an ARC. But enough about that.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was internally consistent and I thought the lore about thesuperheroes custodians was all great. If you have watched CinemaSins, you can almost hear Scott's voice coming out of the pages. He understands his character and makes writing the point of view of a blind person so easy. What I admired most if that Philip Sallinger was a character who happened to be blind, not a blind character. He was so relatable in terms of his reactions to the newness of learning of his powers and that his town was secretly a haven for custodians. All his relationships were thoroughly realized and made the book engaging. I would have perhaps liked to see more interaction between him and his mother, but other than that, this was a great tale of childhood bravery.
If there was an "Everything Wrong With the Ables," I imagine it would be a rather short video.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was internally consistent and I thought the lore about the
If there was an "Everything Wrong With the Ables," I imagine it would be a rather short video.