The audiobook has some great voice effects, from modulation to simultaneous speech.

Klune creates a wonderful cast, each with distinct personalities. The dynamic between many of the characters works well. What I Liked: - Nick’s fan-fiction chapters are great! Here, the over-the-top and cliched dialogue is much more appropriate and works well. The novel, while trying to subvert a lot of genre tropes and cliches, ends up playing into many of them, especially in its dialogue. He does grow and mature toward the novel’s conclusion, but I never felt like I was rooting for him. Nick, the main character, isn’t that likable. Could be better: - The plot, though not without its funny and endearing moments, is fairly predictable. It’s more predictable than not, but that’s surprisingly part of its charm.Don’t get me wrong, this is not a bad listen or novel by any means, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as I would’ve hoped based on the reviews. Nick doesn’t take himself seriously, and yet he often is in very serious situations that are not believable but that, as a reader who enjoys losing herself in fantasy worlds, I wanted to completely believe in. They may not be realistic in the common sense of the word, but they do amazingly FEEL realistic. If you’ve read this author before, you know that his stories are detailed, well-plotted and full of witty dialog. But Nick’s life is about to get stranger than fan-fiction. Nick is in awe of one particular Extraordinary named Shadow Star, so much that he’s even writing fan-fiction about the two of them falling helplessly in love. They save the city or, in the case of villains, create unnecessary havoc and fight with heroes. In Nick Bell’s world, there are Extraordinaries who have powers common folks like him don’t. Everyone has their place and really claims that place. What I like about the cast most is that it isn’t large, and yet it’s enough. But in this case, it felt like I had just left them. Usually, when I put a book aside for months, it takes me some time to remember the characters’ names and how they all connect to the story. I started this book in May and only went back to it a few days ago to finally finish it.

Genres & Themes: Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBTQIA+, Romance, Superheroes, Family, Death

Tj klune extraordinaries book 3