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wardenred 's review for:
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
You will eventually discover that under the movie stereotypes, imposed mystique, and overall inflated expectations, each and every one of us is at least a touch more boring than our images would indicate.
And that is not a bad thing.
This was a quick and pretty fun read. I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed all the other books by Drew Hayes that I've read—the epic Super Powereds saga that I followed religiously as a webserial, and NPCs, my favorite "it's like D&D but in book form" novel. I did enjoy it quite a bit, though. It's a classic "ordinary guy stuck in the middle of extraordinary things" tale, or rather, a collection of short stories with a loosely overarching narrative. The worldbuilding is fun and quirky. The characters don't seem to be very memorable to me, but they were fun enough to hang around with. I wish each story didn't start with a recap of the previous one, though. I haven't checked, but I suspect that maybe the author first published this online in an episodic format and that's why the recaps were necessary. But I think it could have been a good idea to edit them out when transferring the story to book format.
Read for the following October 2020 readathons:
- Spooks and Tea: Paranormal Creatures
- Gothic Readathon: Bloodsuckers
- Gothtober2020: Undead Characters
Content Warnings
Minor: Misogyny