A review by michaellouisdixon
Steelheart, by Brandon Sanderson
3.0
Keep in mind that this is a YA novel and therefore geared toward that market. The story itself is "high-concept" and the premise is a great one. I love comic books, love super heroes, but I'm rather bored with the rehash of and reboot.
Imagine a world where an event causes people to start developing super powers. It's been done to death! Except, in this story everyone who develops these powers is also corrupted by them and therefore all super powered people are villains. It would be a bleak and fearful world.
Sanderson does a good job of world building so that it was easy to suspend my disbelief. On the other hand, he does get a bit heavy on the info and that slows down the pace to the point where I felt the urge to put it down. Yet he'd suddenly pitch the story into some very intense scenes that I easily got caught up in and had me gripping the book--so kudos for that. What would have made this book a lot better, in my opinion, would be if he could have streamlined the world building, super powers and gadgets descriptions. There was a bit of redundancy around that.
I am giving this three stars but it's really more of a three and a half stars. I liked it, but I didn't love it.
I'd recommend this to superhero fans and comic book lovers looking for something a bit different.
I'm considering reading the next book in the series.
Imagine a world where an event causes people to start developing super powers. It's been done to death! Except, in this story everyone who develops these powers is also corrupted by them and therefore all super powered people are villains. It would be a bleak and fearful world.
Sanderson does a good job of world building so that it was easy to suspend my disbelief. On the other hand, he does get a bit heavy on the info and that slows down the pace to the point where I felt the urge to put it down. Yet he'd suddenly pitch the story into some very intense scenes that I easily got caught up in and had me gripping the book--so kudos for that. What would have made this book a lot better, in my opinion, would be if he could have streamlined the world building, super powers and gadgets descriptions. There was a bit of redundancy around that.
I am giving this three stars but it's really more of a three and a half stars. I liked it, but I didn't love it.
I'd recommend this to superhero fans and comic book lovers looking for something a bit different.
I'm considering reading the next book in the series.