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A review by qemqemqem
All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault by James Alan Gardner
4.0
Action driven page turner. It's modern superhero fiction in a world filled monsters and superheroes who sometimes find themselves, predictably, at odds. It's set in a world where the vampires are CEOs and the superheroes are sometimes just random college students. I liked the protagonist and their friends, who I found relatable and easy to root for.
The first chapter is amazing, the few chapters after that have a bit of infodump, and the second half is great. I'm definitely going to read the second book, and I hope Gardner writes more.
Surprisingly, my main criticism of this book is that it's almost too compact. There's a lot going on, and we quickly learn a lot about the characters and their world. Also, the rules of magic are a bit soft which enables some mildly lazy plotting, but overall the plot held together well. When "it's too fast paced" is my biggest complaint, that's a compliment in this genre. The book this most reminded me of was Worm.
The first chapter is amazing, the few chapters after that have a bit of infodump, and the second half is great. I'm definitely going to read the second book, and I hope Gardner writes more.
Surprisingly, my main criticism of this book is that it's almost too compact. There's a lot going on, and we quickly learn a lot about the characters and their world. Also, the rules of magic are a bit soft which enables some mildly lazy plotting, but overall the plot held together well. When "it's too fast paced" is my biggest complaint, that's a compliment in this genre. The book this most reminded me of was Worm.