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A review by calynnali
The Vindico by Wesley King
1.0
Quit at page 118.
I wanted this to be an outrageous school for villains. Like, Phineas and Ferb style villains.
BUT, then I started to get the vibe that this was more of a. 'Misunderstood villains, and the heroes are actually the bad guys', and I was okay with that.
Sadly, this was mix of the two. It did not know what it wanted to be! There were all the clues that the heroes couldn't be trusted, but then the villains were TOTAL DICKS! On top of that the setting, world building, and characters were all uninspired. There were also LOTS of perspectives...but only one voice. The douchey cool guy was the only character I could really distinguish from all the voices. I just couldn't follow what was happening.
There was mystery aspect, but honestly I just don't care enough to reads on and find out who the real dicks are...or maybe everyone is just misunderstood. I don't care.
This is called YA, but really it's written more like middle grade. Because of the senseless bullying and violence though, I don't think kids should read this book. That isn't good for a kids book.
I wanted this to be an outrageous school for villains. Like, Phineas and Ferb style villains.
BUT, then I started to get the vibe that this was more of a. 'Misunderstood villains, and the heroes are actually the bad guys', and I was okay with that.
Sadly, this was mix of the two. It did not know what it wanted to be! There were all the clues that the heroes couldn't be trusted, but then the villains were TOTAL DICKS! On top of that the setting, world building, and characters were all uninspired. There were also LOTS of perspectives...but only one voice. The douchey cool guy was the only character I could really distinguish from all the voices. I just couldn't follow what was happening.
There was mystery aspect, but honestly I just don't care enough to reads on and find out who the real dicks are...or maybe everyone is just misunderstood. I don't care.
This is called YA, but really it's written more like middle grade. Because of the senseless bullying and violence though, I don't think kids should read this book. That isn't good for a kids book.