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A review by nelljustice
Ascendance by John Birmingham
4.0
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Dave plays a “grown up” much better in this book than the last, which I am happy to see. So many times in the past books, I’ve just wanted to punch Dave’s lights out. He steps up responsibility and even recognizes that everything does not revolve around “Super” Dave. Professor Boylan is absent from this episode, which saddens me. We could have used some comic relief after witnessing the massacre of so many humans and monsters. I will tell you that Dave saves his “boys”, Jack & Toby – just in the nick of time. I would love to see Dave win his family back, but I just don’t know if it will happen. He’s screwed over a lot of loved ones in his life just by being selfish. Speaking of loved ones, I learned more about Dave’s brother, Andy, who died in service of his country and why Dave feels crippling guilt over Andy. It makes sense now, and I should have seen it, but I was too caught up in the carnage.
The ending isn’t exactly a cliff hanger, but it does lead up to the next book. There are now 5 “champions” – a female chaplain, a female sheriff, a female Russian super spy, a male military and Dave. I got a bad feeling that even though Heath has 4 out of the 5 champions, Trinder has the fifth. Yikes.
I do not have information on when the next book will be released, but I will tell you this: If you hated Dave and his moronic escapades in Book One, just hold on. Mr. Birmingham will reward you with better superheroes and a better Dave as time goes on and the war escalates.
Dave plays a “grown up” much better in this book than the last, which I am happy to see. So many times in the past books, I’ve just wanted to punch Dave’s lights out. He steps up responsibility and even recognizes that everything does not revolve around “Super” Dave. Professor Boylan is absent from this episode, which saddens me. We could have used some comic relief after witnessing the massacre of so many humans and monsters. I will tell you that Dave saves his “boys”, Jack & Toby – just in the nick of time. I would love to see Dave win his family back, but I just don’t know if it will happen. He’s screwed over a lot of loved ones in his life just by being selfish. Speaking of loved ones, I learned more about Dave’s brother, Andy, who died in service of his country and why Dave feels crippling guilt over Andy. It makes sense now, and I should have seen it, but I was too caught up in the carnage.
The ending isn’t exactly a cliff hanger, but it does lead up to the next book. There are now 5 “champions” – a female chaplain, a female sheriff, a female Russian super spy, a male military and Dave. I got a bad feeling that even though Heath has 4 out of the 5 champions, Trinder has the fifth. Yikes.
I do not have information on when the next book will be released, but I will tell you this: If you hated Dave and his moronic escapades in Book One, just hold on. Mr. Birmingham will reward you with better superheroes and a better Dave as time goes on and the war escalates.