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

2.0

This book finally gives viewers a black perspective on Miles Morales that surprisingly hadn’t seen light until this book’s release, and it expands upon Miles’ mythos in ways the comics have never even attempted to. This novel is at its best when it is on the city streets, discussing how Miles interacts with the world around him as a minority with superpowers and is at its worst when Miles is at school complaining for chapters upon chapters about the same few things over and over again. This book tries to say a lot, but ends up saying very little, it tries to be a pointed message about racism but that ends up not making sense, it tries to be a story about Miles and his dad but that doesn’t go anywhere, it tries to be a classroom drama but that ends up being melodramatic, it tries to be a story about Miles in conflict with being Spider-Man and a student but Spider-Man literally only appears twice in the book outside of dream sequences, it tries to have it be a story about Miles founding out more about his uncle’s life but that subplot just disappears right when its getting interesting. This book is a train-wreck, albeit a decently written one. I would not recommend this except to hardcore fans of the character and even then I think you’ll end up being disappointed by it.