Ana Grilo is a Brazilian who moved to the UK because of the weather. No, seriously. She works with translations in RL and hopes one day The Book Smugglers will be her day job. When she’s not here at The Book Smugglers, she is hogging our Twitter feed.
I read your review. I will prepare to run away from this book. I grew up reading superhero comic books and have always loved the genre. But that doesn’t mean the genre doesn’t need to change (i.e., by embracing strong, believable heroines). I can halfway understand it this book was a spoof on the genre, as you hoped. But this book doesn’t sound like a parody. If that’s the case, yeah, I feel appalled.
Paige
September 7, 2012 at 8:00 am
Oh, what a terrible book! Oh, what a hilarious review!
Gerd D.
September 7, 2012 at 9:45 am
Wow, what a true “Oh, John Ringo, no!” type of book.
Everytime when you think the bottom must be hit by now, someone goes to prove that there’s still a ways to fall.
Reading the review I’m not sure what I find scarier, that somebody wrote such a… steaming pile of something, or that he actually has found a publisher for it.
3 Comments
Linda W
September 7, 2012 at 7:53 amI read your review. I will prepare to run away from this book. I grew up reading superhero comic books and have always loved the genre. But that doesn’t mean the genre doesn’t need to change (i.e., by embracing strong, believable heroines). I can halfway understand it this book was a spoof on the genre, as you hoped. But this book doesn’t sound like a parody. If that’s the case, yeah, I feel appalled.
Paige
September 7, 2012 at 8:00 amOh, what a terrible book! Oh, what a hilarious review!
Gerd D.
September 7, 2012 at 9:45 amWow, what a true “Oh, John Ringo, no!” type of book.
Everytime when you think the bottom must be hit by now, someone goes to prove that there’s still a ways to fall.
Reading the review I’m not sure what I find scarier, that somebody wrote such a… steaming pile of something, or that he actually has found a publisher for it.