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A review by bookishly_faith
The Vindico by Wesley King
2.0
Alright, I chose to read this book because my library was making a huge deal about it since the author had come in and plus, they had a lot of copies of it. I thought that the idea of superheros would be interesting especially if it was from the villain's PoV.
The book wasn't bad at all, just a bit too middle grade to be called YA. It's like tween guy YA. This is because the characters were mostly flat and there was very little depth to the story. As much as the reader was given some information as to the motivations of the kids, because of the PoV (third person omniscient) it was hard to figure out what was going on inside the kid's minds. I think my favourite character was Emily because she had the most going on for her. I felt that the villains were undeveloped a bit. There was talk about how each came to join the Vindico but then, the reader would barely hear some of the motivations of like Rono, Silver or Leni. And was I the only one who had issues figuring out which Villain was which. I mean I knew the Torturer and Aviria, but the rest I kept getting mixed up because there was no real long clarification of the villain. I guess you could say this book was a light read because it only took me a day to get through and was pretty simple.
Another thing about the PoV, it was so hard to figure out whose PoV it was because it was omniscientIn one chapter the reader would hear from maybe 2 different character's minds(barely), maybe a villain's plot and some unknown person description of the action. I felt as though the story contained a lot of telling not showing. there was some description but there were told too many details that it became repetitive.
The pacing wasn't bad because I obviously was able to get through it very quickly.The plot wasn't bad but the author would throw something in and then I'd be wondering what it meant and when it would happen. And it never happened and I wasn't told the reaction of the person. Then, I had issues with the training of the teens to become villains. It didn't feel like they were actually trained! I mean, there was maybe one or two training sessions each character and then we were told that they were faster and stronger. I just felt like the reader missed a bunch of breakthroughs. The ending was terrible because I got so confused! The kids would do something, go back on it and then completely change their minds again. By the end, I was thankful I didn't have to continue to have to puzzle it out.
As you probably tell, I didn't really like the book. But it wouldn't be bad, if I wasn't so analytical.
The book wasn't bad at all, just a bit too middle grade to be called YA. It's like tween guy YA. This is because the characters were mostly flat and there was very little depth to the story. As much as the reader was given some information as to the motivations of the kids, because of the PoV (third person omniscient) it was hard to figure out what was going on inside the kid's minds. I think my favourite character was Emily because she had the most going on for her. I felt that the villains were undeveloped a bit. There was talk about how each came to join the Vindico but then, the reader would barely hear some of the motivations of like Rono, Silver or Leni. And was I the only one who had issues figuring out which Villain was which. I mean I knew the Torturer and Aviria, but the rest I kept getting mixed up because there was no real long clarification of the villain. I guess you could say this book was a light read because it only took me a day to get through and was pretty simple.
Another thing about the PoV, it was so hard to figure out whose PoV it was because it was omniscientIn one chapter the reader would hear from maybe 2 different character's minds(barely), maybe a villain's plot and some unknown person description of the action. I felt as though the story contained a lot of telling not showing. there was some description but there were told too many details that it became repetitive.
The pacing wasn't bad because I obviously was able to get through it very quickly.The plot wasn't bad but the author would throw something in and then I'd be wondering what it meant and when it would happen. And it never happened and I wasn't told the reaction of the person. Then, I had issues with the training of the teens to become villains. It didn't feel like they were actually trained! I mean, there was maybe one or two training sessions each character and then we were told that they were faster and stronger. I just felt like the reader missed a bunch of breakthroughs. The ending was terrible because I got so confused! The kids would do something, go back on it and then completely change their minds again. By the end, I was thankful I didn't have to continue to have to puzzle it out.
As you probably tell, I didn't really like the book. But it wouldn't be bad, if I wasn't so analytical.