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reviewed Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (The Reckoners, #1)

Brandon Sanderson: Steelheart (Hardcover, 2013, Delacorte)

There are no heroes, only villains. My father believed that a hero was going to …

Review of 'Steelheart' on 'Goodreads'

The concept sounded great. All the super heroes are evil and regular people have to fight them.
A desperate fight against the odds. Out gunned rebels fighting on despite the heavy losses.

Instead we get rebels that are allowed to walk the streets with machine guns that require gravity assist to carry. Have completely impregnable comms and some gadgets that effectively give them some super powers of their own.

I'm not a comics reader, super heroes always seemed shallow to me.
I expected something different and got the same old cardboard figures on both the Epic and Human sides.

The action scenes are pretty gripping though.