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Sep 20, 2017TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Steelheart is not your average superhero novel because all the “superheroes” in this series are evil. This book tells the story of David, a teen a whose father was killed by an Epic (someone with superpowers) when he was just a kid, and, fixated on getting revenge, David joins a team to take down Epics. This book is fun, fast-paced, and hilarious. Sanderson takes all common superpower tropes and throws them out the window, inventing both heroes and villains that are unique and complex. In addition, this story poses many questions about human nature and morality. My favourite part was the realistic aspect that all the adults in David’s life were extremely fed up with his teenage angst. This book is perfect for anyone who’s looking for a book about superpowers that isn’t like anything they’ve read before. @amiwrite of the Hamilton Public Library Teen Review Board From the outside, Steelheart seems like nothing more than your average, bland YA novel: orphaned teenaged kid fights evil supervillains in a dystopian world… nothing special, right? Wrong. The odd thing about Steelheart is that it is able to turn a flat and unoriginal premise into something amazing. It’s written with passion and spunk, and it’s a brilliant example of taking something boring and uncreative and making it extraordinary. Sanderson really knows how to write convincing, fluid characters, and in Steelheart, they seem to leap off of the page with their authenticity. Each and every single one is wonderfully complex and realistic. Unpredictable and intense, hilarious and epic, Steelheart turns the tropes of every boring YA novel on its head. You’ll wish it never ends. 5/5 - @Apis of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library Steelheart starts with a lot of clichés but it keeps the story original and interesting enough to keep my attention. The story is about a boy named David who meets a group of people called the Reckoners in the apocalypse to fight a band of people called epics who have gotten superpowers for some reason and are corrupting the world. Sound familiar? But Sanderson has really gotten an in depth view on the mechanics of this broken world. He explains brilliantly how the people are suffering and why David should help them. There are also different classes of epics to explain how powerful different groups of them are and a lot of them have very unique powers. Obviously, there has to be an ultimate villain in this story called Steelheart who kills David's dad and David wants to get revenge on him. This is basically the entire plot of the story but the progression of the characters is what makes this book stand out. All in all, I like this book and you should give it a read. 4 out of 5. - @Henny_Lee of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library