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Bezig met laden... The Twelve-Fingered Boydoor John Hornor Jacobs
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I think this would be described by the publisher or author as an homage of sorts to the X-men comic series/movies; I saw it as a blatant rip-off. Mentioning the comics within the story is sort of an ass-covering move, and ultimately weak. It also seems like a mild Stephen King rip-off (always mentioning the nosebleeds seemed like near-constant referencing to King's Firestarter). Definitely not a surprise to learn it's part of a trilogy as there are definitely more questions than answers, but it's not compelling enough for me to want to find the answers. This was highly recommended by Cory Doctorow, and to be fully honest, I am not a fan of Doctorow's writing, so I guess it's not a surprise I didn't like what he recommended. I keep on trying to like him, but...... I bet people who love Doctorow's stuff will like this though. Just not for me. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Incarcerado (1)
Fantasy.
Young Adult Fiction.
HTML: Fifteen-year-old Shreve Cannon doesn't mind juvie. He's got a good business dealing contraband candy, and three meals a day are more than his drunk mother managed to provide. In juvie, the rules never change and everyone is the same. In juvie, Shreve has life figured out. Then the new fish shows up. Jack's a quiet kid. Small. Cries himself to sleep too. He's no standard-issue titty-baby, though. There's his handsâ??more specifically his fingers, all twelve of 'em. And when he gets angry, something weird happens. The air wavers. You feel a slight pressure in your chest. And then...well, best take cover. Jack isn't the only new face in juvie. There's Mr. Quincrux. Quincrux has an unusual interest in Jack and Shreve, and it quickly becomes clear that innocent bystanders aren't going to get in his way. So Jack and Shreve bust out. On the lam, they quickly discover that Jack has abilitiesâ??hell, superpowersâ??that might just give them a fighting chance against Quincrux, if they can stay alive long enough to figure them Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This is such an action-filled, fun read! I do admit that when I first started reading it, I almost put the book down. I didn't want to read a book about kids who are incarcerated....too difficult for a Mom to read about neglected kids who end up in prison. But the story soon morphed into something entirely different. Then I couldn't put the book down!
I love the strong friendship that grows between Shreve and Jack. And I completely detest the "bad guys'' in this story -- but, I'm supposed to. It's classic good vs evil...with supernatural elements thrown in for good measure.
The Twelve-Fingered Boy is the first book in the Incarcerado Trilogy. I'm definitely going to read the other two books. I have to find out what happens next! :)
John Hornor Jacobs is also the author of The Incorruptibles Trilogy. ( )