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A review by wyrmdog
Post-Nuclear Family by Jay Faerber
3.0
So rather than review each volume (there are 5), I'll just review this one.
Not a lot to say other than I liked the setup a lot. The characters are fun but not astounding and the action sequences seem like they're building to something more.
Obviously the character relationships are what make this book shine and it really seems to finally hit its stride about the time the team falls apart and the Firebirds (or should that be singular? a mother-daughter team with the same powers using the same name) are introduced. That's when secrets really start coming out and the action gets thick and fun. The character roster expands and diversifies and really improves the series.
I have to admit to not liking the change at the end of the 4th volume. For a book that prides itself on being about family relationships as well as superheroics, I expected it to pay a bit more attention to the psychological fallout of that change, yet everyone just adapts and acts like it's no big deal. Bridget (coincidentally my favorite) is the only one that really spends more than an offhand comment on it and even then adapts far better than I would have expected. I suspect that there was more to the change than the author was able to give us, though, and if he'd had time, would have explored at least part of it.
At any rate, it's fun to see the tie-ins with the Nobles and Invincible and the Savage Dragon's kids in the 5th volume and overall, I really appreciate what Faerber and company tried to do with this book.
Heavier than Takio, lighter than Invincible, Dynamo 5 is a fun book that didn't last nearly long enough.
Not a lot to say other than I liked the setup a lot. The characters are fun but not astounding and the action sequences seem like they're building to something more.
Obviously the character relationships are what make this book shine and it really seems to finally hit its stride about the time the team falls apart and the Firebirds (or should that be singular? a mother-daughter team with the same powers using the same name) are introduced. That's when secrets really start coming out and the action gets thick and fun. The character roster expands and diversifies and really improves the series.
I have to admit to not liking the change at the end of the 4th volume. For a book that prides itself on being about family relationships as well as superheroics, I expected it to pay a bit more attention to the psychological fallout of that change, yet everyone just adapts and acts like it's no big deal. Bridget (coincidentally my favorite) is the only one that really spends more than an offhand comment on it and even then adapts far better than I would have expected. I suspect that there was more to the change than the author was able to give us, though, and if he'd had time, would have explored at least part of it.
At any rate, it's fun to see the tie-ins with the Nobles and Invincible and the Savage Dragon's kids in the 5th volume and overall, I really appreciate what Faerber and company tried to do with this book.
Heavier than Takio, lighter than Invincible, Dynamo 5 is a fun book that didn't last nearly long enough.