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A review by celinbean
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
emotional
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
i feel like you either love or hate tj klune‘s books. This book was absolutely ridiculous in terms of plot but it worked for me. Mostly bc i feel like superhero books who take themselves too seriously are just not going to work. That’s why Renegades didn’t work for me.
I will say that the romanticization of the police was a bit much for me. Nick‘s father is a police officer and after he lost his wife he punched a witness and got demoted for it. This is obviously unjust police force used against a civilian and it was... not properly addressed in the book. Police in general were very romanticized since this book was from nick‘s perspective. And i get why it would work in this universe. But seeing it from our perspective, especially considering the focus that was put on BLM again in 2020, this came off as a little... insensitive.
However, i have read the authors statement about this issue. He has apologized and stated that the issue of police brutality will be taken into account in book 2. I‘m willing to give this series a second chance to fix that part of the story.
Here‘s the blog post about the issue if you’re interested in reading it as well:
http://www.tjklunebooks.com/new-blog/2020/7/29/a-message-about-the-extraordinaries
I will say that the romanticization of the police was a bit much for me. Nick‘s father is a police officer and after he lost his wife he punched a witness and got demoted for it. This is obviously unjust police force used against a civilian and it was... not properly addressed in the book. Police in general were very romanticized since this book was from nick‘s perspective. And i get why it would work in this universe. But seeing it from our perspective, especially considering the focus that was put on BLM again in 2020, this came off as a little... insensitive.
However, i have read the authors statement about this issue. He has apologized and stated that the issue of police brutality will be taken into account in book 2. I‘m willing to give this series a second chance to fix that part of the story.
Here‘s the blog post about the issue if you’re interested in reading it as well:
http://www.tjklunebooks.com/new-blog/2020/7/29/a-message-about-the-extraordinaries
Content Warnings
Minor: Police brutality