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A review by misslexilouwho
Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds
3.0
I've been on a huge Spider-Man kick lately, and after having seen Into the Spider-Verse for the third time last night, I felt like this was a great way to get a little extra fix in. I love Miles Morales, and while this book has a clearly different version of Miles than the animated film or the video game (differences in his origin of getting his powers, his age, etc.) it was a version of Miles I enjoyed. I labeled this as a contemporary because it felt more like a contemporary than sci-fi: Miles is struggling with his feelings for a classmate, he's being harassed by a teacher, and his parents are dealing with financial issues while he attends Brooklyn Vision Academy. He even tries to hang up the Spidey-suit for a while, thinking that his Spider-Sense is on the fritz and he shouldn't be Spider-Man any more.
As my first read of the new year, I'm a little disappointed. The villain is only in the novel for about 40 or so pages, and he beats this guy pretty quickly. This is definitely geared at younger readers, because while I managed to breeze through it in under a day, I wasn't in love with this story. There were aspects I enjoyed, like Jeff knowing his son is SM, and the friendship between Miles and Ganke (who had basically no part in the new movie because Disney essentially turned Ned into a Ganke rip off, which is a whole other can of worms), but I felt like this was a pretty weak story unfortunately.
As my first read of the new year, I'm a little disappointed. The villain is only in the novel for about 40 or so pages, and he beats this guy pretty quickly. This is definitely geared at younger readers, because while I managed to breeze through it in under a day, I wasn't in love with this story. There were aspects I enjoyed, like Jeff knowing his son is SM, and the friendship between Miles and Ganke (who had basically no part in the new movie because Disney essentially turned Ned into a Ganke rip off, which is a whole other can of worms), but I felt like this was a pretty weak story unfortunately.