City (Smallville)
by Devin Grayson

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Book Review: A great read for Smallville fans
Summary: 5 Stars

I was not disappointed. "City" captures the interactions between the two main characters (Clark and Lex) beautifully, and gives us interesting, well-rounded views of all the people in their lives. (Even better, it reads as though Grayson has actually spent some time around small farming towns, while the show sometimes makes me doubt that its writers have ever left LA!) The deep bond between these two characters, in all of its complexity, is portrayed compellingly, even as we see some of the forces that will eventually start to pull them apart already at play.

The story of Clark and Lex's adventures in Metropolis ties in nicely to where the characters are at this point in the Smallville story (early S2, approximately), and also gives Grayson a chance to really delve into a question Smallville the show has only begun to touch on -- how can someone who can do as much good as Clark can live with the knowledge that he can't possibly save everyone his powers could help? The moment in the novel at which Clark, completely overwhelmed by Metropolis, breaks down in a telephone booth, is about as perfect a distillation of Smallville as a story of the superhero's coming of age as anyone could hope for, on the show or in a book.

I hope Devin Grayson keeps writing comics (and that DC will someday release a collection of her great work on Gotham Knights!). But I also hope this won't be her last venture into the Smallville universe; I'd love to keep reading books like this one!

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