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A review by annashiv
Superman: Last Son Of Krypton by Elliot S! Maggin
3.0
I sought out and read this book because of Drawing out the Dragons (another book) in which the author describes how this book helped him as a young sick child. I've always loved superman myself and was interested to read a novelization, but this was nothing like I was expecting.
I thought it might somewhat follow the movie or take place after it, but it was most definitely not. Going back to the Drawing out the Dragons, he does acknowledge it's a strange book, and he wasn't kidding. It's almost philosophical and dramatic and not really about superman. I felt we saw very little of the hero and saw more of Lex and to my surprise Albert Einstein.
The aliens were strange, the plot stranger, and the writing dense, but I still enjoyed it. It just is a very strange book to exist. I don't understand how it came about, but it had some nice moments and did somehow manage to seem classic in some way. I don't know. It's definitely not for most people, but if you're a super fan of superman, then I suppose this is a hard to find book that will certainly put you over the top in your knowledge of all things Kal-El.
I thought it might somewhat follow the movie or take place after it, but it was most definitely not. Going back to the Drawing out the Dragons, he does acknowledge it's a strange book, and he wasn't kidding. It's almost philosophical and dramatic and not really about superman. I felt we saw very little of the hero and saw more of Lex and to my surprise Albert Einstein.
The aliens were strange, the plot stranger, and the writing dense, but I still enjoyed it. It just is a very strange book to exist. I don't understand how it came about, but it had some nice moments and did somehow manage to seem classic in some way. I don't know. It's definitely not for most people, but if you're a super fan of superman, then I suppose this is a hard to find book that will certainly put you over the top in your knowledge of all things Kal-El.