Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)

читабельно, хоч і не краща серія від сандерсона.

This book, and the Reckoners series in general, is weak compared to other work by Brandon Sanderson. It's a fun read, but I'm not invested in the characters and there is nothing to bring me back to this series - unlike the Stormlight Archive.

All in all, an okay book to read on an airplane.

I love super hero books, they just tend to be written pretty well and since they always seem to be in the first person, it makes for a fun read. Anyhow, Steelheart despite taking a different spin to the "Superhero Book thing", is really a fun read. I'm glad there's gonna be more to the reckoner's story.

So basically, people develop superpowers. But there are no superheroes -- only supervillains, and a group called the Reckoners is trying to kill them all. In this book, they're out to get Steelheart, who's basically Evil Superman.

All in all, it was a pretty good book. I blew through it in a couple days. As I was reading, I was thinking it would make a good movie; and then in the acknowledgements at the end, the author says he's trying to get it made into a movie.

Also, I thought for sure I knew how they were going to kill Steelheart at the end, and ended up being totally wrong. The end did a good job of setting up for the sequel.

This book takes place in a world ravaged by supervillains (Epics). It turns out that superpowers make you an asshole, and ever since super powers unexpectedly descended on the world, Epics have been carving out fiefdoms and putting together gangs of enforcers. The protagonist has been studying the supervillains of the world ever since he was a child when Steelheart killed his father, looking for their weaknesses. Then he hooks up with a gang of revolutionaries, and uses his knowledge and skills to bring down the Epic who killed his father.

Don't read this book if you aren't at least a little fond of fanboys. Both the author and the protagonist give off 'fanboy' strongly enough to glow in the dark. Read this book if you like the plot I've described, because it won't be for the characterization, which is middling.

I finished this on Thursday, sitting in the metro station, letting the metros go past. The book was more important.

It is now Saturday night and I have not been able to bring myself to start another book. I don't want this to fade in my memory yet. I know, it sounds melodramatic - but it's rare that I won't just dive into another book.

Read it. You won't regret it.

3.5 stars