A review by nipomuki
The Ables by Jeremy Scott

3.0

Ok. Superheroes are a very American concept. But I know enough Superhero folklore to enjoy books that play with this subject. I was very willing to love a story about a bunch of kids with disabilities who are also young superheroes, going to superhero school. But sadly, the book was not what I had hoped for. I liked how the boys played around with their powers and combined them into new abilities. It was also interesting that they had so many setbacks, and very few instant successes. But I had lots of issues with errors in logic and with tempo in this book. Also I missed the girls - there were very few women in the story, and those got very little screen time - and the tone of the book was too solemn and heavy on morality issues for a story about 12 year old boys.