Michael Vey The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans revolves around this high schooler who gets bullied for his Tourettes but little do they know he has superpowers from a hospital experiment from when he was a kid. He keeps this a secret from everyone except his closest friend and his mother. And of course, this looner highschooler has to have a crush on only the most popular cheerleader, Taylor. Michael one day gets pushed too far by his bullies and shocks them to his fullest right in front of, you guessed it Taylor his crush. But then Taylor reveals she is also an electricity power superhero so she suddenly becomes interested in Michael and they hang out. The two along with Michael's closest friend Ostin they discover they are being hunted. As if someone was watching them Michael and Taylor receive scholarships to Elgin Acadamy, but Michaels's mothers panic, and at the same time get kidnapped, very fun times. I'll end my brief summary of the book there as the plot finally starts to get going after this and I don't want to spoil the whole thing.
The beginning of this novel starts out slow and predictable. The whole plot is mostly predictable. It is also kinda cheesy in my opinion, it's a basic teenager superhero plot used again and again. The main protagonist is an outcast and is bullied until they use his powers against the bullies and boom they get the crush to like them and they go on beat the evil cooperation trying to steal their powers. This novel was alright at best, I didn't think there was much depth to the characters at all, which made me not really care about them at all. The worst of it was the antagonist which just is a rich mean dude who wants the electricity to kill innocent people. Overall, I'll rate this book around a 5.5/10.
Your summary sounds really interesting. However, I'd like to disagree with your hot take of this book. I think that while this seems like a straightforward plot, it also serves as a good balance from deep and complex stories... There's a beauty in simplicity.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you. I've read the series, and it's about a 6 out of 10 for me. It certainly has it's place, and I have nothing against it, the book was really predictable and ultimately felt like watching a bad soap opera or something similar.
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