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A review by dfmjr
Third Class Superhero by Charles Yu
3.0
A nice one day read while at home recuperating.
Most of the stories in this collection are clever and fun. Some are more fun and some are too clever. Charles is bright, no doubt about it, but times it has echos of pretension. His one story, Realism, is written discussing realism in a meta-meta fiction way. I get it - your smart. On the other hand there are some that his intelligence pays dividends. Both 32.05864991% (the percentage that is a maybe) and 401(k) are both intellectual but clever and fun reads. My favorite is the first short, and the title of the collection, Third Class Superhero. If you have seen Dr. Horrible's Sing-along blog (you haven't --- go now - see!), you will see where the inspiration came from - maybe too much. (still wish we could give half stars - would be a 3.5)
Picked it up on Amazon for like $4.
Most of the stories in this collection are clever and fun. Some are more fun and some are too clever. Charles is bright, no doubt about it, but times it has echos of pretension. His one story, Realism, is written discussing realism in a meta-meta fiction way. I get it - your smart. On the other hand there are some that his intelligence pays dividends. Both 32.05864991% (the percentage that is a maybe) and 401(k) are both intellectual but clever and fun reads. My favorite is the first short, and the title of the collection, Third Class Superhero. If you have seen Dr. Horrible's Sing-along blog (you haven't --- go now - see!), you will see where the inspiration came from - maybe too much. (still wish we could give half stars - would be a 3.5)
Picked it up on Amazon for like $4.