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Summary: Best Superhero Novel Ever
Review: ...I'm thrilled to finally find a superhero novel that is a great read from cover to cover. Nobody Gets the Girl is the best superhero novel ever. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it is a huge hit and will spawn imitators half this good. It a tough novel to talk about without giving away the plot. There are surprises in every chapter. It's also a tough book to put down. I read the whole book in a weekend and was never bored for a second. The biggest surprise for me was how funny the book was. The dialogue is sharp and clever. It's the sort of book I keep quoting passages from to my friends. The only thing that I worried about in the plot is that early on the bad guys are this group of international terrorists. I kind of rolled my eyes at this use of the current pop culture boogey man. But, later in the book the master terrorist get center stage for a couple of chapters and it's one of the biggest surprises of the book that his character is so three dimensional and thought out. These aren't typical cardboard bad guys. The whole book winds up being a kind of critique of the current war on terrorism. The good guys go to such extremes to stop their enemies that it gets difficult to tell whether or not they might be a bigger [danger] than the bad guys. This book is thought-provoking, action packed, and funny. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Funny, Imaginative, Couldn't put it down!
Review: I found this comic book novel to be a wonderful play on the imagination. Humorous, fast-paced, and full of wacky gadgetry galore, I laughed, cried, and wondered my way through this intensely engaging story. Maxey skillfully leads you through an "almost" normal world, populated with some exceptional people. The twists and turns in this plot caught me by surprise every time, until I gave up on trying to guess where it would take me and just rode the roller coaster ride through to the spectacularly odd end.
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Summary: A Fun Ride
Review: I had reservations about the book at first since I am not a comic book hero fan, but I sure had fun reading this story. The premise was very intriguing and I thought Maxey handled it well. How do you explain an invisible man? The humor was so tongue-in-cheek that I bit mine quite a few times. The villians were so absurd they were laughable. If you are looking for action and laughs give this one a try.
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Summary: A Fun Ride
Review: I had reservations about the book at first since I am not a comic book hero fan, but I sure had fun reading this story. The premise was very intriguing and I thought Maxey handled it well. How do you explain an invisible man? The humor was so tongue-in-cheek that I bit mine quite a few times. The villians were so absurd they were laughable. If you are looking for action and laughs give this one a try.
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Summary: A Wild, Wonderful Ride
Review: If you love to read, buy this book. If you love science fiction, buy this book. If you love comics, buy this book. Nobody Gets the Girl is a daring, innovative, exhilerating ride. This is the kind of book you've been hungry for, the kind you can't put down even though it's 2 in the morning and tomorrow you have the most important business meeting of your life. Nobody Gets the Girl grabs you by the lapels and whisks you away on a fabulous, unforgettable journey. There's been a great deal of talk lately about the way James Maxey has skillfully blended the genres of science fiction and comic books. Believe the hype, fellow readers. James Maxey has captured the joy, the momentum, the grandeur of the most exciting comic book between the covers of Nobody Gets the Girl. I used to think that the comic book was a singular medium, that there were certain things a comic can do that you won't find anywhere else--city-wide battles, colorful splash pages, heroes in flight high above the Earth, ...costumes, etc. Yet James Maxey has proven me wrong. It's all here, folks. It's all here, and more. Nobody Gets the Girl isn't just a prose comic book, it's also an inventive science fiction novel, a romance, a character study, and the most original use of quantum physics I've ever come across. Nobody Gets the Girl also has the best characters I've seen in ages. How can you go wrong with names like Panic, Pit Geek, Sundancer, The Thrill, Rail Blade, and Nobody? Every author enters into a pact with the reader. The author is saying, "If you read this, you will be entertained, informed, delighted." Too many writers fail to uphold their end of this deal. Well, James Maxey delivers. So buckle up and take a few deep breaths. This is one wild, wonderful ride.
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Summary: A Wild, Wonderful Ride
Review: If you love to read, buy this book. If you love science fiction, buy this book. If you love comics, buy this book. Nobody Gets the Girl is a daring, innovative, exhilerating ride. This is the kind of book you've been hungry for, the kind you can't put down even though it's 2 in the morning and tomorrow you have the most important business meeting of your life. Nobody Gets the Girl grabs you by the lapels and whisks you away on a fabulous, unforgettable journey. There's been a great deal of talk lately about the way James Maxey has skillfully blended the genres of science fiction and comic books. Believe the hype, fellow readers. James Maxey has captured the joy, the momentum, the grandeur of the most exciting comic book between the covers of Nobody Gets the Girl. I used to think that the comic book was a singular medium, that there were certain things a comic can do that you won't find anywhere else--city-wide battles, colorful splash pages, heroes in flight high above the Earth, ...costumes, etc. Yet James Maxey has proven me wrong. It's all here, folks. It's all here, and more. Nobody Gets the Girl isn't just a prose comic book, it's also an inventive science fiction novel, a romance, a character study, and the most original use of quantum physics I've ever come across. Nobody Gets the Girl also has the best characters I've seen in ages. How can you go wrong with names like Panic, Pit Geek, Sundancer, The Thrill, Rail Blade, and Nobody? Every author enters into a pact with the reader. The author is saying, "If you read this, you will be entertained, informed, delighted." Too many writers fail to uphold their end of this deal. Well, James Maxey delivers. So buckle up and take a few deep breaths. This is one wild, wonderful ride.
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Summary: Entertaining novel
Review: James Maxey paints a colorful, imaginative portrait of an unwilling superhero amid other heroes who have serious issues. The plot was engaging, the characters interesting if not always likeable, and the moral themes were complex. Don't let the broad heroic strokes fool you - this story has a lot of layers. There were, however, a few glitches: there's a romantic situation which seems to spring from nowhere, and as a result I really couldn't buy it. Since the romantic situation is closely tied to the overall plot, this created a bit of a problem for me. I also felt the protagonist needed a bit more fleshing out - I felt that some of his actions were out-of-how-I-perceived-his-character; in retrospect I have the feeling that Maxey simply did some mental shorthand that not all readers will grasp. But don't let those put you off buying the novel - it's a lot of fun, and it'll make you think. I'm looking forward to more of Maxey's work.
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Summary: Nobody Got Me
Review: Kevin Anderson once said that the one of the perks of writing the X-files books was that he got to have an unlimited budget. Well, James Maxey's gone and one-upped him.
In his debut novel Nobody Gets the Girl, Maxey has not only created a world with characters that special effects budgets could only dream of, he's also given birth to a whole new genre. Phobos calls it a "comic book novel." Or rather, a graphic novel without the graphics. At the beginning, I found myself wishing that I had the artistic talents of Jim Lee or Alex Ross following me along with the text. I have a friend that works at DC, and I started devising ways to slip this book into his bag the next time he came to visit. This should be one of the best comics out there.
And then I realized it couldn't be done.
Because the main character doesn't exist.
Richard Rogers is an average Joe in an average life. Until he wakes up one day and discovers that he's invisible. Scientist Dr. Knowbokov finds Richard and breaks it down for him. He no longer exists. Life as he knew it is gone. So what does he do with his supernatural powers? I mean other than wallow in self-pity. Why, he becomes a superhero, of course. Wouldn't you?
Richard becomes Nobody (thus the title) and joins the cause to save the world from evil. He teams up with Dr. Know's daughters, who have superpowers themselves. Rail Blade has the power of "ferrokinesis" (a fabulous word), which gives her complete control over the iron in everything from the earth's atmosphere to the human bloodstream. Her younger sister, the Thrill, can manipulate both gravity and human will. Oh, yes, and there are bad guys too; they would give the X-Men themselves a run for their money.
It's a whole new world on one level. It's smash-'em-up fun on another. And still there exists that underlying morality that all comics play upon. It is the notion that there can be no true good without pure evil, no peace without war. There is a justifiable reason for things to go wrong in this world, and not even Clark Kent can stop them all. Perhaps that's why we identify with comics so easily. We do all we can to make our own lives turn out all right, but some things in this life -- good or evil -- are simply beyond our control.
If you like comics, buy this book. If you know who Alan Moore is (without me having to tell you), read Nobody Gets the Girl. Throw it in your shopping cart and meet your $... limit. In fact, buy two copies. Or three. I've already given all mine away and ordered more. It's a 244-page summer blockbuster, and you'll enjoy every minute.
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Summary: Awesome first novel
Review: Nobody Gets the Girl is one of the most interesting and fun books I have read in years. I could not put it down. Very well written and thought prevoking. It has a very good mixture science fiction and comedy with intrigue thrown in for good measure. Even if you are not a comic book fan you will love this book. The characters were life like and appealing. Plenty of plot twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. I highly recommend buying this book. Nobody Gets the Girl is one of the few books I have ever read that I could read over and over. I look forward to reading future works.
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Summary: Not just for comic book lovers
Review: This is an incredible first novel. I can see why it's being billed as "A Comic Book Novel," but I wouldn't want that to put anyone off. Even people who don't read comic books should find this book impossible to put down. The characters are well thought out, both believable and quirky. The action is non-stop. The humor is pervasive. And underneath it all, it's thought-provoking. Get it, and tell your friends about it. NOTE TO COLLECTORS: This is the first edition of a first novel by a previously unknown but obviously talented author. Need I say more?
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