A review by bookishrealm
Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds

3.0

So I was expecting to like this more simply because it’s Jason Reynolds but I think I went in expecting some sort of origin story and I didn’t get that. I was thrown into a world where Miles Morales already existed as spider-man so it felt like there was some stuff that was missing. I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy that but it was an element that threw me off. While I liked the plot and the villain and the social commentary that Jason made, I felt as though the novel was a little too long. It’s almost as if we spent a week in Miles’ world just trying to get to the last couple of chapters. I don’t know how to put that into words but it didn’t feel like enough happened for the big conclusion at the end. Of course I loved the writing but I think that there was so much more that Reynolds could have done with this character. I guess novelization of any comic book character is hard for those of us that read comics.