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Ex-Purgatory
by Peter Clines
Ex-Purgatory is different from the other Ex-Heroes series in that this is the first book that is more of a mystery than zombie/apocalypse/bad guy book. It takes dip in the Twilight Zone and the Tales from the Crypt Pool and I hate to keep saying LOST in my review of Peter Clines but really there is no other better comparison except perhaps the Matrix.
“How is it that no matter what’s happening you can relate it to the Matrix?” asked St. George.
“Because it is the greatest movie ever made,” said Barry
At the end of Ex-Communication our heroes were at the mount and getting close to electing a mayor and starting a new phase of post apocalyptic civilization but in the beginning of Ex-Purgatory it is as if that never happened. George Harrison Bailey (haha love the It’s a Wonderful Life/Star Wars reference) is working at the college as a maintenance man. He is having crazy dreams about being strong flying and fighting monsters. When Madelyn shows up in a wheel chair as a new freshman at the university and tells him his dreams are real and this world isn’t he starts to wonder who is crazier him or the girl who thinks she’s dead.
I had no idea how Peter Clines could put a new spin on this series after the supernatural aspect from Ex-Communication but he has done it again and seriously has taken a whole new approach in this installment. Sure there is still some zombie fighting and I pretty much thought I knew who the bad guy was most of the time. But I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what was going on with the worlds they were in and how the story all added up until Peter hit me smack dab between the eyes with it and I went….OH of Coarse why didn’t I see that.
I’ll just mention that I really like the down played romance between Stealth and St. George. We know that they are together, in the previous book it was introduced but extremely minimally. When they actually meet up in this book it was sweet, Stealth isn’t normally ‘sweet’ so I enjoyed seeing a slightly softer side to her in the alternate world.
Corpse Girl is still one of my favorite characters and she was really the driving force of the story for awhile. I love how her character decides to kick start St. George into remembering who he is. I’m still shipping her and Freedom even though it seems she might have a little crush on St. George.
Barry still gets the best lines between movie references and just being the comic relief that helps everyone relax a little.
“Your voice is familiar,” said Barry. “I couldn’t place it and then I realized you sound like the guy in my dreams. Which sounds very different than I intended out loud.”
Danielle didn’t do much in the story until later on except worry about the Cerberus Suit, that got a little annoying, but perhaps she will work through her agoraphobia now that she had been out of it awhile.
I loved the story went a whole new direction again. I can see how this will possibly start to loose steam if there is no end game plan. I have no idea what new dilemmas Peter has in store for the superheroes but at some point it seems like the story will have to wrap up. There isn’t really an underlying story arc so it is hard to tell if these will just continue on like a comic book story of sorts or if eventually he’ll bring this world to a natural closing.
Either way I’m still very much enjoying the series and the chances the author is taking with the characters. This still reads like a summer blockbuster and is great when you need a little action in your literary diet.
ARC provided by Crown Publishing (Broadway Books) thru NetGalley in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
“How is it that no matter what’s happening you can relate it to the Matrix?” asked St. George.
“Because it is the greatest movie ever made,” said Barry
At the end of Ex-Communication our heroes were at the mount and getting close to electing a mayor and starting a new phase of post apocalyptic civilization but in the beginning of Ex-Purgatory it is as if that never happened. George Harrison Bailey (haha love the It’s a Wonderful Life/Star Wars reference) is working at the college as a maintenance man. He is having crazy dreams about being strong flying and fighting monsters. When Madelyn shows up in a wheel chair as a new freshman at the university and tells him his dreams are real and this world isn’t he starts to wonder who is crazier him or the girl who thinks she’s dead.
I had no idea how Peter Clines could put a new spin on this series after the supernatural aspect from Ex-Communication but he has done it again and seriously has taken a whole new approach in this installment. Sure there is still some zombie fighting and I pretty much thought I knew who the bad guy was most of the time. But I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what was going on with the worlds they were in and how the story all added up until Peter hit me smack dab between the eyes with it and I went….OH of Coarse why didn’t I see that.
I’ll just mention that I really like the down played romance between Stealth and St. George. We know that they are together, in the previous book it was introduced but extremely minimally. When they actually meet up in this book it was sweet, Stealth isn’t normally ‘sweet’ so I enjoyed seeing a slightly softer side to her in the alternate world.
Corpse Girl is still one of my favorite characters and she was really the driving force of the story for awhile. I love how her character decides to kick start St. George into remembering who he is. I’m still shipping her and Freedom even though it seems she might have a little crush on St. George.
Barry still gets the best lines between movie references and just being the comic relief that helps everyone relax a little.
“Your voice is familiar,” said Barry. “I couldn’t place it and then I realized you sound like the guy in my dreams. Which sounds very different than I intended out loud.”
Danielle didn’t do much in the story until later on except worry about the Cerberus Suit, that got a little annoying, but perhaps she will work through her agoraphobia now that she had been out of it awhile.
I loved the story went a whole new direction again. I can see how this will possibly start to loose steam if there is no end game plan. I have no idea what new dilemmas Peter has in store for the superheroes but at some point it seems like the story will have to wrap up. There isn’t really an underlying story arc so it is hard to tell if these will just continue on like a comic book story of sorts or if eventually he’ll bring this world to a natural closing.
Either way I’m still very much enjoying the series and the chances the author is taking with the characters. This still reads like a summer blockbuster and is great when you need a little action in your literary diet.
ARC provided by Crown Publishing (Broadway Books) thru NetGalley in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.