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A review by kxtebond
Death of a Superhero by Anthony McCarten
5.0
Rating: 4.5
First Impressions:
When I first picked up this book, the book cover looked very appealing to me; when I first saw the boy (Donald) on the cover, it made me feel like he was lost in his mind, because he is walking across a tall wall and he has no other people surrounding him. I also loved the colour scheme on the cover, it was very teenage-like, and it also gave a sense of creativity and art to it as there was graffiti on the wall (the superhero), which overall suggested to me that this boy was alone, lost, and was a kid who enjoyed comics and art.
Summary:
The author introduces the book to a character named Donald Delphe, who's a troubled 14 year old boy, and who always thinks of music, sex, superheroes, art, comics etc. But the sad thing about him is that he is suffering from a life-threatening leukemia, which he believes he will never survive. During the story, he meets up with a psychologist named Dr King (Adrian), who helps Donald whith his battles and his emotions. However, Adrian decides to secretly bring Donald to all sorts of journeys throughout the story, and even makes an effort to do one thing Donald has always wanted to do.
Info:
This book isn't written like a 'book'; it's written like a script. I did find it very confusing to follow at first, but once you get into it, you'll find that it's easy, and it's quite unique for the author to write it in that style, and it does help you out a lot as to where the place is now set in. The book is split into four sections: Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, and Out-takes and Deleted scenes. There is a film created from this book, "Death of a Superhero" (starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Andy Serkis), so I believe all of the scenes is adapted into this books, however I haven't seen the film yet so I could be wrong.
My thoughts on this book:
I actually found this book very relatable in a lot of cases. There were many times when the characters had hilarious arguments, and there were many times when the characters felt something on the inside that would make you feel the same. In all honesty, I did feel a little bit confused with some parts of the book, and I did feel like the ending was rushed because there were a few questions that weren't answered until the 'Out-takes and Deleted scenes' part of the book. When I read that section at the end, I was very shocked. Like, REALLY shocked. Overall, I would definitely read this book again and I would highly recommend it to someone else.
First Impressions:
When I first picked up this book, the book cover looked very appealing to me; when I first saw the boy (Donald) on the cover, it made me feel like he was lost in his mind, because he is walking across a tall wall and he has no other people surrounding him. I also loved the colour scheme on the cover, it was very teenage-like, and it also gave a sense of creativity and art to it as there was graffiti on the wall (the superhero), which overall suggested to me that this boy was alone, lost, and was a kid who enjoyed comics and art.
Summary:
The author introduces the book to a character named Donald Delphe, who's a troubled 14 year old boy, and who always thinks of music, sex, superheroes, art, comics etc. But the sad thing about him is that he is suffering from a life-threatening leukemia, which he believes he will never survive. During the story, he meets up with a psychologist named Dr King (Adrian), who helps Donald whith his battles and his emotions. However, Adrian decides to secretly bring Donald to all sorts of journeys throughout the story, and even makes an effort to do one thing Donald has always wanted to do.
Info:
This book isn't written like a 'book'; it's written like a script. I did find it very confusing to follow at first, but once you get into it, you'll find that it's easy, and it's quite unique for the author to write it in that style, and it does help you out a lot as to where the place is now set in. The book is split into four sections: Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, and Out-takes and Deleted scenes. There is a film created from this book, "Death of a Superhero" (starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Andy Serkis), so I believe all of the scenes is adapted into this books, however I haven't seen the film yet so I could be wrong.
My thoughts on this book:
I actually found this book very relatable in a lot of cases. There were many times when the characters had hilarious arguments, and there were many times when the characters felt something on the inside that would make you feel the same. In all honesty, I did feel a little bit confused with some parts of the book, and I did feel like the ending was rushed because there were a few questions that weren't answered until the 'Out-takes and Deleted scenes' part of the book. When I read that section at the end, I was very shocked. Like, REALLY shocked. Overall, I would definitely read this book again and I would highly recommend it to someone else.