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A review by jscarpa14
Wade and the Scorpion's Claw by Tony Abbott
3.0
I'm not quite sure why this book is listed as a separate series from The Copernicus Legacy. It really should be listed as 1.5 in the other series because it literally picks up only hours after the conclusion of The Forbidden Stone.
The story is just as interesting as it's predecessor, filled with history and other information as Wade and his friends continue to hunt for relics and to search for his stepmother.
I didn't like this quite as much as the other novel because one this book offered a lot more predictability than the previous. You know when you watch a horror movie and you're screaming at the idiot chick not to open that door or what not. She's always doing something moronic and about to get herself killed and you're trying to stop yourself from throwing things at the television because it's so freaking obvious that she's being an idiot. There are moments in this story that are a lot like that moment. You can see the characters walking into really obvious situations. While they don't get themselves killed, they don't exactly make their lives any easier either. Like the previous book featuring these characters when it came to scenes involving code, the explanations seemed to be a lot more drawn out than necessary and slowed down the pacing in those sections. My biggest issue is the way it seems like Wade's crush Becca is so often playing the damsel in distress. She keeps getting shot, captured or taken hostage. And it's not that she's an idiot, Abbott makes it very clear that she's highly intelligent, multilingual and an avid reader. So it really doesn't make sense for a character who's portrayed as being so bright is constantly getting put in damsel situations. It would be nice if Abbott would mix up who's getting held hostage a bit. A teenage boy can't be that much harder to capture than a teenage girl. Honestly.
Besides the points listed about I really enjoyed the story and enjoyed the journey.
The story is just as interesting as it's predecessor, filled with history and other information as Wade and his friends continue to hunt for relics and to search for his stepmother.
I didn't like this quite as much as the other novel because one this book offered a lot more predictability than the previous. You know when you watch a horror movie and you're screaming at the idiot chick not to open that door or what not. She's always doing something moronic and about to get herself killed and you're trying to stop yourself from throwing things at the television because it's so freaking obvious that she's being an idiot. There are moments in this story that are a lot like that moment. You can see the characters walking into really obvious situations. While they don't get themselves killed, they don't exactly make their lives any easier either. Like the previous book featuring these characters when it came to scenes involving code, the explanations seemed to be a lot more drawn out than necessary and slowed down the pacing in those sections. My biggest issue is the way it seems like Wade's crush Becca is so often playing the damsel in distress. She keeps getting shot, captured or taken hostage. And it's not that she's an idiot, Abbott makes it very clear that she's highly intelligent, multilingual and an avid reader. So it really doesn't make sense for a character who's portrayed as being so bright is constantly getting put in damsel situations. It would be nice if Abbott would mix up who's getting held hostage a bit. A teenage boy can't be that much harder to capture than a teenage girl. Honestly.
Besides the points listed about I really enjoyed the story and enjoyed the journey.