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IBoy
by Kevin Brooks
This was my first book by Kevin Brooks. I always wanted to read something by him, but never got around to. Overall I liked it, although not as much as other young adult books I've read.
iBoy is the superhero identity of Tom, a 16 year old boy who one day isbitten by a radioactive iPhone hit in the head by an iPhone that thanks to some mystical process becomes one with his brain. As a result he's a lot like Tony Stark with the Extremis, meaning his brain is online and he can do pretty much everything. Now, this sounds kind of silly, but once you accept the premise, it's actually quite interesting. Tom, who lives with his grandmother in a bad neighborhood, starts using his powers for acts of vengeance, or at least vigilantism. The questions this poses are of course: does vengeance solve anything? Where do you draw the line when stopping crimes? What do you do when you can do anything?
Basically, I had two problems with this book: one, it was too similar to the idea in Iron Man: Extremis, and it kind of felt like he lifted that idea from there. Two, the superhero fantasy and the stark realism of Tom's environment didn't mesh very well, at least not for me. Parts of this book felt like they were written to be the perfect book to read in class ("klassische Schullektüre/Problemliteratur"), and thus they felt somewhat forced. And I have to say that a lot of plot threads weren't really resolved in the end, or dealth with a little too quickly.
But it was still an entertaining read, and I didn't hate it. I just had higher expectations, I suppose, and while it was interesting, this isn't a book I necessarily would have wanted to read as a teenager. I'd recommend a book by John Green over this one any day, I think.
iBoy is the superhero identity of Tom, a 16 year old boy who one day is
Basically, I had two problems with this book: one, it was too similar to the idea in Iron Man: Extremis, and it kind of felt like he lifted that idea from there. Two, the superhero fantasy and the stark realism of Tom's environment didn't mesh very well, at least not for me. Parts of this book felt like they were written to be the perfect book to read in class ("klassische Schullektüre/Problemliteratur"), and thus they felt somewhat forced. And I have to say that a lot of plot threads weren't really resolved in the end, or dealth with a little too quickly.
But it was still an entertaining read, and I didn't hate it. I just had higher expectations, I suppose, and while it was interesting, this isn't a book I necessarily would have wanted to read as a teenager. I'd recommend a book by John Green over this one any day, I think.