thistlechaser's review
2.0
G.I. Joe was one of the first fandoms I've been really involved in. I loved the cartoon as a kid, and there's enough room in that universe for all sorts of stories.
Almost ten years ago, I read and reviewed G.I. Joe: Tales From The Cobra Wars and loved it so much. So, as soon as I saw G.I. Joe Classified, I grabbed it hoping it would be similar -- a collection of short stories and novellas for adult readers.
WRONG. It was a YA book (which I would usually have no issues with), but it was a *lazy* YA book. G.I. Joe is about adult soldiers and bad guys. For this book, the author aged most of them down to teenagers and put them in high school (UGH), and yet some of them stayed adults and filled roles like the principal. How would that even work? Why would their personalities be the same as teens? Why would they fill the same roles in groups? Ugh.
Almost ten years ago, I read and reviewed G.I. Joe: Tales From The Cobra Wars and loved it so much. So, as soon as I saw G.I. Joe Classified, I grabbed it hoping it would be similar -- a collection of short stories and novellas for adult readers.
WRONG. It was a YA book (which I would usually have no issues with), but it was a *lazy* YA book. G.I. Joe is about adult soldiers and bad guys. For this book, the author aged most of them down to teenagers and put them in high school (UGH), and yet some of them stayed adults and filled roles like the principal. How would that even work? Why would their personalities be the same as teens? Why would they fill the same roles in groups? Ugh.
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