InterWorld by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves
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Book Reviews of InterWorld
Book Review: Teen Titans save the Worlds
Summary: 3 Stars
Make no mistake, I'm a keen Neil Gaiman fan - happily lapping up his children's books like 'M is For Magic' when I run out of his more adult works to read, but this novel failed to impress me, even with its cinematic leanings.
It starts promisingly enough, introducing us to a literal average Joe(y Harker) the kind of boy who gets lost in his own house. This provides quite a nice contrast to a power he wields which he discovers quite by accident when he wanders into the Interworld...
From that point on, the story degenerates into run-of-the-mill Hollywood sci-fi fare with a cast of predictable allies and villains who look like they were loaned off the set of 'Hellboy' or 'X-Men'.
The moralistic fable of a boy who learns to face up to his fears to answer a higher call to save his world and countless other worlds in the Altiverse together with versions of himself in these parallel dimensions should appeal to a young reader.
However to this overaged reader, lines like 'All I could think of was that scene from a hundred different horror movies, in which someone who's been possessed has a moment of sanity and pleads, "Kill Me!" ' give me the goosebumps, and not of the nice variety.
Book Review: Gaiman at work.
Summary: 3 Stars
Interworld seems to be Gaiman branching out into another realm of writing though we see him quite familiar with the magical and mystical his application of science and scientific theory left this story lacking. Excellent work yet left me wondering where the magic had gone, which is a primary reason that I enjoy Neil Gaiman's work.Book Review: Binding Problem/Good Content
Summary: 1 Stars
The binding in this book is bent, so every page is "cupped." It is unlikely to hold up with multiple uses.
Since I personally purchased this book to include in my junior high classroom library, good binding is important and I am disappointed.
The content of the book lives up to its bestseller tag.
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