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InterWorld by Michael Reaves, Neil Gaiman
4.0

Don't listen to the "Old Man" Joey Harker - you and your team are just the kind of heroes I can get behind:

**Reluctant Hero filled with fear and confusion- but resolute eventually
**A new team Walking right into well-laid traps
**Problematic interpersonal communication (especially considering that everyone is a variation of Joey Harker).
**...and Hue! Gotta love that Mudluff. What are you Hue? I think I know but I'm not sure.


NOTE: The BIG Trap could have been expanded upon (say, someone at Altiverse was actually a HEX operative...that's what I initially thought - which could have created glorious inner-conflict because a variation of a Joey would have been a Betrayer of all the other Joeys.) but I guess it would have been to obvious

The Interworld is the interdimensional/multidimensional/parallel universes through the eyes of a teenager thrust into the boots of "Hero" and blundering all the way to the end. I am a fan of Joey Harker because if I think about it, at age 15, I'd have probably made the same mistakes on a mission or worse regardless of all the Altiverse training.

It's a psychedelic and enjoyable theory of multiworlds which could easily become a cult favorite for the new generation in the same way Back To The Future was such a hit for my mom and dad's generation (and I love BTTF). Also, after reading the note at the end - those TV Executives who couldn't grasp this concept were a bunch of **#$% because honestly>/i>, this would be an easy sell at any of the Streaming services today.

One of the best scenes is at the beginning with all the variations hating Joey for something that happened to another variation of Joey. And he says, simply: "I can't hate myself forever".