Post by Shiryu on Jun 7, 2007 9:44:54 GMT -5
So, I finished reading the first one last night, and I can now throw my comments. How often does it happen that the author reads them and (hopefully) replies to them directly ?
Very nice book, it flows really well and it's definitely action packed. There are a lot of references to the Avengers and to Marvel in general (The Warlord is a mixture of Dr.Doom and Kang, Ultraa's limits remind me of those that the Beyonder / Doom explained to Molecule Man, Esro's armor is Iron-Man ish, the alien being reminds me of Firelord and has a master like Galactus, and many more) which are very much appreciated
The battles are all very well described and the pace is as quick as it should be, without being too quick though.
I was a bit surprised that a lot of the misteries mentioned in the book (Ultra's past, Warlord's origin, the alien "master" etc) were not resolved by the end of it, but I suppose that they will be addressed in volumes 2 and 3, making the series a proper trilogy. This slightly weakens the book one itself, but it will probably strengthen the trilogy once one reads volumes 2 and 3.
Characterizations are good too, I was only a bit disappointed by Damon, who had much less space than the others and is unlikely at least to be seen again (one never knows for sure ^^). Pulsar looked like the most rounded characters, while Ultraa was more stereotypical, but I suppose it was wanted. Esro was also very interesting, much more capable of holding his own that I was expecting at first. One of the most interesting thing was observing their different ways of think and act, due to their rather different backgrounds. This is one thing that authors often do wrong, having everyone speaking, thinking and acting in the same way, and I'm glad it didn't happen here.
Finally, time for one question: is there a reason why the individual chapters were so short ? the average was 3/4 pages, with some only a page long, almost like paragraphs. It wasn't a bad thing at all, but being used to books with chapters long 15/20 pages, this put me off a bit in the beginning.
Very nice book, it flows really well and it's definitely action packed. There are a lot of references to the Avengers and to Marvel in general (The Warlord is a mixture of Dr.Doom and Kang, Ultraa's limits remind me of those that the Beyonder / Doom explained to Molecule Man, Esro's armor is Iron-Man ish, the alien being reminds me of Firelord and has a master like Galactus, and many more) which are very much appreciated
The battles are all very well described and the pace is as quick as it should be, without being too quick though.
I was a bit surprised that a lot of the misteries mentioned in the book (Ultra's past, Warlord's origin, the alien "master" etc) were not resolved by the end of it, but I suppose that they will be addressed in volumes 2 and 3, making the series a proper trilogy. This slightly weakens the book one itself, but it will probably strengthen the trilogy once one reads volumes 2 and 3.
Characterizations are good too, I was only a bit disappointed by Damon, who had much less space than the others and is unlikely at least to be seen again (one never knows for sure ^^). Pulsar looked like the most rounded characters, while Ultraa was more stereotypical, but I suppose it was wanted. Esro was also very interesting, much more capable of holding his own that I was expecting at first. One of the most interesting thing was observing their different ways of think and act, due to their rather different backgrounds. This is one thing that authors often do wrong, having everyone speaking, thinking and acting in the same way, and I'm glad it didn't happen here.
Finally, time for one question: is there a reason why the individual chapters were so short ? the average was 3/4 pages, with some only a page long, almost like paragraphs. It wasn't a bad thing at all, but being used to books with chapters long 15/20 pages, this put me off a bit in the beginning.