Review: Excellent Prequel - Highly Recommended
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 8, 2014
"Origins of a D-List Supervillain" is a very enjoyable prequel to "Confessions of a D-List Supervillain". This story reads a bit like a first person perspective comic book (without the pictures), but has elements of Sci-Fi and a lot of humor.No spoilers from me! The story is narrated by Calvin Stringer, a marginalized engineer that never seems to get credit for his work and who is just a normal man in a society dominated by super-heroes and criminal masterminds, set in a world that is perfectly at ease with supper-heroes and villains fighting in the streets. At the beginning of the story, Cal is quickly failing at just about everything in life. As he hits rock bottom, Csl is able to start turning things around through a series events that take us to the start of second book. I enjoyed the portrayal of the noble (mostly) but flawed super-heroes, the personal struggle Cal undergoes to deal with situations he blunders into, and found the humor to be exactly to my tastes. The character development is quite good and it is hard to not empathize with Cal, even if not approving with his life choices.I think these two books would make an excellent movie!Highly Recommended!CFH