Allan

Give me a hero AND a worthy villian - not here

Revisado: 12-13-09

This story is weak and the characters were paper-thin. They just follow along according to the plot and never come alive.
Someone said that this is the author's first novel after writing comic books and that is exactly how this feels. It felt as if I was riding along with the author as he outlined the story, not the final version ready for publication.
There is nothing about this book that made me stand up and cheer, want to cry, or even care whether or not they succeeded.
Without giving the ending away, the build up between the two central figures is fairly well done, but their confrontation is seriously lacking in depth. It is one of those build, build, build, and then, BAM, it is just resolved. The loser was not worthy of even being in the battle. The author missed the point of our wanting to see confrontations between heroes and villians who are equals at least, or better yet, a hero who is hopelessly out-classed. We want to see doubt and struggle. This does not meet this need in any way, shape or form.
Don't waste your credits on this one unless you have read EVERYTHING else available.

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