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embell_x036's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
scribe391's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Miles Morales and his mother move from Brooklyn to Spanish Harlem one year after the death of his father.
Peter Parker/Spider-Man is Miles mentor, and teams up with him when the Vulture escapes from prison.
This novel is a prequel for a video game.
Peter Parker/Spider-Man is Miles mentor, and teams up with him when the Vulture escapes from prison.
This novel is a prequel for a video game.
jessiebwriting's review
4.0
I love Spider-Man and I love Miles Morales! While Peter Parker will always have a place in my heart, Miles is just as amazing. This is the prequel to the video game, which I very much NEED to play. And it dives into Miles's struggles with juggling Spider-Man and his normal life. But he also struggles with the assumptions others make about him due to his skin and I think this book did a phenomenal job of addressing that. I will be curious if the video game touches on it as well. I am confused about what suit he was wearing. I'm pretty sure he's wearing the black suit but people thought the entire book there was just one Spider-Man, so I feel like I was either missing something or it was indicating that the people of New York were used to Spider-Man constantly changing his suit. Which could make sense as that does happen in the Spider-Man video game....
jemexists's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
samdutli's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
nyrabloodreaver's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
redranger616's review
2.0
I love the Spider-Man video games, the comics, the character, and I really enjoy Miles Morales. I’m all for how progressive Marvel is being. This book had a lot of great progressive themes-often ones that get beat over your head a few times too many.
I enjoyed the first half of the novel, especially with Starling playing a role, but once the bird thing started happening in NYC, I enjoyed the book way less. Why? To me it was extremely far-fetched. I know. This IS a book about heroes swinging from buildings with spider-powers. However, I feel both video games in this take on Spidey have managed to be relatively grounded. The plot of this novel was bizarre and hard to digest. Maybe it would’ve been better with stronger development and with less of a city-wide threat.
Having played Miles Morales on the PS5, this novel didn’t add up at all nor did it add a single thing to enhance the story experience. The video game made no remarks whatsoever on this bizarre story. I feel like it would’ve been discussed considering the damage the bird scenario caused. Plus there were contradictions to the video game.
Therefore, I don’t accept this novel as canon. It just... didn’t work. As a stand-alone? Perhaps but even then the flaws are still glaring.
I wanted to enjoy this much more than I did. I’ll turn to Jason Reynolds’ Novel about Miles to rinse this story out. This one didn’t do it for me, which makes me sad. At least it read quick!
I enjoyed the first half of the novel, especially with Starling playing a role, but once the bird thing started happening in NYC, I enjoyed the book way less. Why? To me it was extremely far-fetched. I know. This IS a book about heroes swinging from buildings with spider-powers. However, I feel both video games in this take on Spidey have managed to be relatively grounded. The plot of this novel was bizarre and hard to digest. Maybe it would’ve been better with stronger development and with less of a city-wide threat.
Having played Miles Morales on the PS5, this novel didn’t add up at all nor did it add a single thing to enhance the story experience. The video game made no remarks whatsoever on this bizarre story. I feel like it would’ve been discussed considering the damage the bird scenario caused. Plus there were contradictions to the video game.
Therefore, I don’t accept this novel as canon. It just... didn’t work. As a stand-alone? Perhaps but even then the flaws are still glaring.
I wanted to enjoy this much more than I did. I’ll turn to Jason Reynolds’ Novel about Miles to rinse this story out. This one didn’t do it for me, which makes me sad. At least it read quick!
tarekcharara's review
3.0
Good plot, but some things in this novel dont add up to the timeline of the game, but it did explore the world very nicely
pennwing's review
adventurous
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0