Ex-Patriots
by:
Peter Clines (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780091953638 (0091953634)
Publish date: July 11th 2013
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 402
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Horror,
Dystopia,
Comics,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic,
Zombies,
Superheroes
Series: Ex-Heroes (#2)
Cline lost me with this sequel. His "Then" and "Now" storytelling from Ex-Heroes continues but it's too many POV, with ultimately irrelevant characters, and not keeping the focus on the actual superheroes and the new characters who continue to matter (I know, some of the chapters told from other ch...
On the heels of reading Red Rising... So. Much. Testosterone. In one week. Has anyone seen my ovaries? I think I misplaced them somewhere and spontaneously grew balls and maybe a beard while reading these two books. “An ex latched onto his wrist and tried to bury its teeth in his bicep. He flexed...
The first book set up this book so well. So entertaining, and a pretty great story for a super hero zombie mash-up. And now the second book has pretty well set up a third book. Really looking forward to whatever this series has to offer. The heroes are all nearly carbon copies of the likes of Superm...
A follow-up just as fun and fluffy as the first book. I kinda liked how it was deliberately cliched and even poked fun at itself for it ("The Army in zombie movies is always evil!") and all the satirical references to superheroes. Lots of very humorous pop culture references, though it will probably...
Superheroes plus zombies. Kind of a guilty pleasure sort of thing that I almost don't want to admit to having listened to. Some of the explicit language is a little over the top, and the portrayal of women and minorities is a little lacking, but I suspect that I'm not actually the target audience fo...