Hello bloggers!
Since this is a writing class and an important part of writing is reading... (wait, what?)
Anyways, I decided to talk about the newest book I'm reading. It's called "Soon I Will Be Invincible" by: Austin Grossman. It's his debut novel and it really is something you should consider picking up. It was recommended to me by my best friend and I have yet to be disappointed.
The book is about a super-villain called Dr. Impossible and a newly formed hero named Fatale. Dr. Impossible's a genius in every sense of the word-he builds robots, wears a funny cape. He's been captured 12 times and escaped 12 times from a maximum security prison. Besides being a diabolical mastermind he's also got enhanced strength, senses and speed. He's only been in prison for two years when he escapes to bring about his newest world-domination plan.
Fatale on the other hand was just an ordinary girl in Brazil when she gets hit by a semi-truck (or something equally large) and her body is crushed. While in the hospital a goverment organization approaches her saying they can rebuild her body and give her enhancements. She agrees and they turn her into a cyborg. Fatale works for them for a bit when she gets invited to join The Champions (think the Justice League) as their newest member and that sort of starts her career as a superhero.
I'm still only on part one but I am falling in love with this book. It has everything I like, strong characters who are three-dimensional, superheros and dark storylines. It gives an insight into the villains, how they keep going despite being overthrown by the heroes and never winning. I like the way they show the super villains (defeated at times, solitary and not as 'bad' as we are lead to believe in most stories.) The heroes are actually shown pretty badly, not so you hate them but so they seem more human. Plus the character themselves can be seen in other superhero comics. There's a Batman-esque character called Blackwolf who had a thing with the team leader Damsel (she is anything but.) It really is like reading a comic book, only with a lot more prose.
This is a lot an Internet musical called 'Dr.Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog' which can find on YouTube and stars Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, an evil genius who strives to get into the Evil League of Evil. He's also Billy, in love with this girl named Penny, who he meets at the laundromat. It's a musical and the songs are so catchy, you'll be singing them for days. Anyways, Penny instead starts dating Dr. Horrible's nemesis, Captain Hammer, who is a superhero but he's really kind of a jerk.
There's also another book I'll recommend called 'Hero' by: Perry Moore. It follows Thom, who's dad used to be a hero and then he gets invited to join his father's old team. There he meets some new friends and makes enemies. It's really good and has many, many superhero references. So, if you like superheroes and comic books check all these things out and then tell me what you think about them.
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