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A Trick of Light: Stan Lee's Alliances by Kat Rosenfield, Stan Lee

vailynst's review against another edition

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3.0

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Low end of 3 Stars

Concepts are ok, the writing is not polished, and written in a way that's easier to appreciate at 4th/5th grade age range.

Not the best narration.
A story with ok ideas. Lots of time spent on establishing characters within a fuzzy setting. Yet, the character build does not add enough to over all plot.

timmy_b's review against another edition

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4.0

Nicht alles für die Klicks tun. Das ist die Story kurz zusammengefasst.

Mir ist eine Monotonie bei Stan Lee Geschichten aufgefallen. Der Held wird in eine unangenehme Situation hineingebracht, erhält seine Kräfte, muss den Gegner bekämpfen, verliert in der ersten Runde, holt sich Hilfe und gewinnt. Manchmal wird das Holen von Hilfe auch ausgelassen. Trotzdem ist der Schreibstil noch gut, da es eben von einem großen Meister wie Stan Lee stammt.
Nicht alles für die Klicks tun, sonst passieren böse Dinge. Dies ist die Story kurz zusammengefasst.

Mir gefiel sehr gut, dass Gesellschaftskritik dabei war. Dass es gegen das ständige Verbundensein der Menschheit ging, gefiel mir in Zeiten von Home office und ständigem online sein sehr gut. Denn sowohl der Protagonist als auch die Antagonistin können mit Maschinen sprechen und so Menschen kontrollieren. Somit lernte man, dass man nicht zu viel vor einer Maschine sitzen sollte und auch mal abschalten sollte.

Der Schreibstil ist päsabel; Stan sollte bei den Comics bleiben, kann er besser. Denn ein Buch ist eine Nummer zu groß für ihn. Leider hat ein Genie im Schreiben nicht immer in allen Branchen Gewinn. Hier ist der große Stan Lee eher ein Verlust

Fazit? Meh. Das Buch ist einfach nur mäßig.

jessandhershelf's review against another edition

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4.0

Stan Lee has done it again! While I wish the physical version of this book was available, listening to it as an audiobook was an enjoyable experience, though sometimes I zoned out and then had to determine where I started zoning out. Overall it's a good book! At times some of the dialogue was a little cringe-worthy, but mainly only towards the end of it.

nes166's review against another edition

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2.0

I had to call it quits half way through because I don't think that i should work this hard to maintain my attention. Very slow development.

ps2's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

itshardizzy's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Stan Lee is great at creating new worlds and characters. He play with powers really easily and makes even the smallest powers the best. I really think he's take on Nia was just *chef's kiss*,
he really made her represent both good and evil — and as if being good and evil wasn't to much, he made her being a confused teenager with daddy issues
. With this being said, the first 70-ish pages didn't really got me hooked up and the rest wasn't as exciting as I was expecting to be. I really didn't felt attached to the characters like at all so I'm not a bit excited for the sequence. But even though I didn't like it that much, the powers, the world building and the plot twist deserves to be recognized so that's why I gave it a 3 stars. 

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mealsmd314's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

amylandranch's review against another edition

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2.0

The plot idea is a cool one, with a character named Cameron who receives special powers and a character named Nia who is not what she appears to be. A cross of sci fi and super power genres. It just took a long, complicated time to get anywhere and I had no connection with the characters. I normally love super power books but this was not my cup of tea. Swearing and some pretty icky violence. 8th grade and up.

t_higgsreviews's review against another edition

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4.75

4.75 Stars

prisigtr's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0