Review: Great! Except...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2014
I found this take on the rags to riches super hero very well done. In a lot of ways it reminded me of the growth and change of Peter Parker and similar types; characters who start with very little and with time, effort and a bit of luck, they become greater than their flaws.Basic summary: our Main Character, MC, has a lot of problems facing him, but in the process of overcoming them, he will slowly become a hero. Maybe not a perfect hero, there's really only a few that can do that. But a hero all the same.Now I'm an avid fan of Superman, been reading him since I was 13. And all the other comics and heroes from both DC and Marvel. So I can see this character has a lot of growth to do yet. So I was very surprised by the 'adult' like words and somewhat off beat remarks a young teen hero would make. Pay attention and you'll notice that the MC and his supporting cast start speaking like 20 + yr olds instead of 16 + year olds...very jarring. It breaks my reading continuity. Hence I had to give this a 4 instead of a 5 star rating. I could understand it if one of the characters spoke at a high adult level, due to super intelligence...but our MC? He didn't seem like he had the same amount of crayons as the other kids, if you know what I mean.Then there are other oddities that I won't go too much into details because I hate spoilers...but just remember this : how in the world do young teens acquire battlegear, tech and stuff?? Heck Peter Parker barely could afford his rent..and he was 20 +!! So yeah...that was a bit of stretching my sense of increduality at times...Other than those odd details, this was a very excellent write!!  I will still wait for book 2, and shell out my money.Because as I've told others : You write. I will buy.Excelsior!!!