Review: Fun little dollop of entertainment
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2012
This one, provided by netgalley, was exactly the sort of book I wanted to read.  I was between one book which had been a major disappointment, and another which was just superb, but quite, quite different, and the one I'd just finished, which while OK, wasn't enough of a palate-cleanser.  Well, this one was perfect.  It was like a nice serving of lemon sorbet - tart, with just a hint of sweetness, quite fun, but not so overindulgent that I had to sleep it off.I've never really liked that whole superhero thing.  I always thought comics were for people that were too young or too lazy to read, and Superman, Batman, Spiderman etc always struck me as really quite boring, either in concept or on film, and not exactly decent romantic material for the female audience.  OK, I'm slightly biased against the movie versions, because my office just happens to be really close to where lots of movies get filmed, including one of the Batman movies, and I had a stand-up row with some pay-by-the-day movie flunky on a power trip, who tried to stop me from leaving the office to pick up my daughter from daycare because they were filming (like I gave a s%!t!)..  Anyway, I've never gone to the movies to see one of those films (except the Batman movie directed by Tim Burton, which was so gothic and twisted that I loved it anyway).  I think part of me always hated that whole superhero thing, like they were so flippin' perfect they didn't use the bathroom, could eat whatever they wanted and still squeeze into their spandex costumes with ease (and without a dresser on stand-by BTW), never had to run to cash a check, never ran out of milk or toilet paper, or actually have anything approaching a realistic normal life.  I also wandered how incredibly exhausting it must be for the bad guys to have to dream up all those complex evil schemes all the time, and then have them bashed up by the good guys.Well, this book actually panders to all those bizarre mental wanderings of mine.  We see a bad guy doing yoga in his underpants, see a good guy freaking out, and stop and think about why there are only superhero films filmed in Canada and never set there..  and all written with the most wonderfully light touch, spilling out line after hilarious line, that had me chuckling all the way through it.So, if you fancy a nice, funny, entertaining read to cleanse your palate, ignore the cover on this one (which isn't particularly creative, let's face it), and just enjoy!4 stars.  I really liked it.