Cosmic Girl Looking For Trouble A Superhero Novel eBook R S J Gregory
Download As PDF : Cosmic Girl Looking For Trouble A Superhero Novel eBook R S J Gregory 
Book Two in the Cosmic Girl series of superhero novels.
Cosmic Girl finds herself in the fight of her life.
In a world where people are still getting used to the idea of having real life superheroes amongst them, they now have to deal with a supervillain.
Devlin De Marco causes death and destruction wherever he goes, and becomes Americas most wanted man.
But when a network of international terrorists suddenly vanish off the grid, the government fear the worst and make a deal with Cosmic Girl, guaranteeing her safety and that of her friends.
But when you’re chasing down the most dangerous man who has ever lived, safety goes out the window.
The race is on to find Devlin and end his reign of terror, before the terrorists find him first.
There’s just one slight problem.
How do you capture a Super?
Experience the highs and lows of being a superhero through the eyes of Cosmic Girl, as she continues on her journey to greatness.
Be a hero and download a copy today.
Cosmic Girl Looking For Trouble A Superhero Novel eBook R S J Gregory
I read this book a while ago and was making notes for a more in-depth review, but those got lost on my failed hard drive so here we go, reviewing from memory.There are two things that, after many months since reading, stand out in my memory about this book. The less important one is, oddly, the ending; I didn't understand it. It didn't leave me with a sense of tension like a cliffhanger should, it left me with a sense of confusion. Why is she doing this? Why is she STILL doing this, when she's already pushed it past the danger point? What the hell happened afterward, is the world now a Fallout-esque wasteland? I don't know, I don't get it.
The bigger issue isn't that, because a confusing ending isn't good but it isn't irredeemable. The most critical flaw of this book was a single scene which poisoned every other page following it, a scene that broke my suspension of disbelief SO HARD I couldn't stop remembering it every time I picked the book up.
In this scene, Cosmic Girl is struggling with something so she goes flying to clear her mind. While flying, she finds a military jet flying. She catches up to it. She taps in the canopy.
He hears her.
They _talk._
Do you--I mean, what... AAAAGHHGHGH!
Do you have ANY idea how LOUD fighter jets are?! ANY IDEA?! They are DEAFENING! Right next to a jet engine at full roar, it would drown out the loudest human voice in the world by itself. The rush of wind beating against them as they fly even at a jet's lowest speed would drown out any human voice by itself. The canopy (and I've never been in a jet before so this is just logical guesswork) should be thick enough that communicating through it without a radio is impossible. All these things individually make it absolutely impossible that anyone will ever communicate by voice with a jet pilot while he's flying, while his engine is on, while his canopy is sealed, _and they do it anyway._
Mr. Gregory's constant disregard for basic physics in an incessant needle poking at my ability to enjoy his books. When you move faster than sound, you cannot hear the sonic boom you make until you drop back below sonic speeds. That is an inherent part of moving faster than sound; sound can't reach you. What is a boom? That's right, it's a sound. It can't reach you.
I don't want to be mean. I don't want to be a jerk. I liked the first book, it had a fantastic opening and an enjoyable adventure. But I've never had any story so completely ruin my ability to take it seriously before reading that jet scene. I may prefer realistic interpretations of superheroes, such as the Wearing the Cape series, but I don't demand it; I can enjoy stories that fudge the lines of how the world is supposed to work, which focus more on having a good time than making a realistic world. But I can only take so much, and this was beyond my limit. I may or may not continue with this series, but I'll sure as hell never reread this entry in it.
Product details
|
Tags : Cosmic Girl: Looking For Trouble: A Superhero Novel - Kindle edition by R S J Gregory. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Cosmic Girl: Looking For Trouble: A Superhero Novel.,ebook,R S J Gregory,Cosmic Girl: Looking For Trouble: A Superhero Novel,Fiction Superheroes,Fiction Science Fiction Action & Adventure
People also read other books :
- Relatively Related Carolyn B Adams Shariee L Jones 9781480281608 Books
- The Well Kept Secrets of Grandma Chip Recipe Box Sarah Christine Steves 9781523651412 Books
- The Valentine The Wedding Pact #4 edition by Denise Grover Swank Literature Fiction eBooks
- BBQ Sauce The Ultimate Guide eBook Johanna Davidson
- DETACHMENT ECHO COLD WAR COVERUP eBook WADAM MANDELBAUM
Cosmic Girl Looking For Trouble A Superhero Novel eBook R S J Gregory Reviews
I really like this book and am waiting for more
FUN READ
This story is a little darker as the characters have to face some of life's harsh events. The story is well written and keeps the reader involved.
Light, easy to read and thoroughly enjoyable. Realistic if you accept superheroes, and has the naivety of the young where they try to keep their identities hidden, as well as describing a level of mature behaviour across the board which is reminiscent of little house on the prairie crossed with the Brady bunch (I didn't like either of those but I like these books!).
There's a reason why sequels are almost never as good as the original. One huge determining element is that in sequels you lose the impact of first impression. R.S.J. Gregory's debut, COSMIC GIRL RISING UP, delivered that thrill of discovery as we first met 16-year-old Britney Brookes, a Chicago girl who couldn't walk but then was kidnapped with her fellow schoolmates and tortured and experimented on and endowed with super powers. I love stories in which the mortal world has to react to the coming of the superhero. And Britney - a.k.a. Cosmic Girl - and her fellow abductees become their world's first superheroes.
But what this sequel, COSMIC GIRL LOOKING FOR TROUBLE, loses in sense of discovery it makes up for in plot progression and character development. It's been two weeks since the events in RISING UP, and, fair warning, you shouldn't read on if you haven't yet read that book as the following may spoiler you. In the intervening weeks Devlin De Marco, who orchestrated what led to Britney's and her friends' gaining powers, had successfully eluded the authorities while committing rampant acts of terror across the globe. Because De Marco wasn't exposed as the Big Bad what's been pulling the strings all along until the last pages of RISING UP, I wasn't sure what to make of him. In the sequel, he demonstrates time and again that he makes for a truly terrifying bogeyman. He puts Cosmic Girl thru the wringer.
It's no wonder that Britney is suffering some sort of PTSD. She's been tuning out in class. Her dad isn't on speaking terms with her. The government is sniffing around. Anyway, I like how the writer seamlessly juxtaposes Britney's personal life with her burgeoning superhero career. And because this is a YA read, of course there's some PG-rated romance for Britney. It's good that Mitchell (a.k.a. Crash) is a pretty cool character. As well, others in Britney's supporting cast - from her teammates to her fam to even FBI Agent Forest and Bill that government guy - are all likable personalities. And to change up the dynamics some, new teammates are introduced. My instant new favorite is Ghost Girl.
I appreciate the real-world interjections, like Britney's popping up for an interview on a talk show and that the opening chapter has the team lending humanitarian aid to a soccer stadium in Mexico City that was just devastated by an earthquake. R.S.J. Gregory is a writer who's got a feel for what makes a fun superhero read. The tone is mostly light except for when Gregory dips into heavy emotional content. Cosmic Girl, like Astra from Marion G. Harmon's WEARING THE CAPE and Solar from Matthew Phillion's THE INDESTRUCTIBLES, wears her sense of responsibility on her sleeve. And, like Astra and Solar, she's an analog for Supergirl, except Cosmic Girl has the added ability of a sort of Spidey-sense. But there are moments here when Cosmic Girl feels she's let people down and that burden of failure weighs tremendously on her. LOOKING FOR TROUBLE continues to explore the world's reaction to superhumans as funneled thru the eyes of an extraordinary 16-year-old girl. The author's worldbuilding may not yet be as well realized as that in the Wearing the Cape and The Indestructibles series, and this sequel may not have that sense of discovery that RISING UP had, and I wish that Britney's sister (with her alternate ego) were in the story more, but it compensates for the lack with good storytelling, dynamic action beats, interesting new characters, an ending that whets your appetite even more, and those special touches that make Cosmic Girl stand out from the rest of the pack. Whenever I think of this series, two images immediately come up. One image is Cosmic Girl in flight balancing some sort of junk vehicle over her head with her teammates in it (she's the team's best mode of transportation). The other image - and it's super cute - is of Cosmic Girl gallivanting around town with that Chinese lucky cat backpack she's never ever without.
Other recommended superhero prose
- Peter Clines' Ex-Heroes
- Marion G. Harmon's Wearing the Cape
- Jim Bernheimer's Confessions of a D-List Supervillain
- Matthew Phillion's The Indestructibles
- Mur Lafferty's Playing for Keeps
- P.S. Power's Proxy (The Infected Book 1)
- Trey Dowell's The Protectors A Thriller
- Blake M. Petit's Other People's Heroes
- C.J. Carella's Armageddon Girl (New Olympus Saga, Book 1)
- Rob Rogers' Devil's Cape
- Joshua Guess' Next (The Next Chronicle Book 1)
- Austin Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible
- George R.R. Martin's classic Wild Card anthologies
I read this book a while ago and was making notes for a more in-depth review, but those got lost on my failed hard drive so here we go, reviewing from memory.
There are two things that, after many months since reading, stand out in my memory about this book. The less important one is, oddly, the ending; I didn't understand it. It didn't leave me with a sense of tension like a cliffhanger should, it left me with a sense of confusion. Why is she doing this? Why is she STILL doing this, when she's already pushed it past the danger point? What the hell happened afterward, is the world now a Fallout-esque wasteland? I don't know, I don't get it.
The bigger issue isn't that, because a confusing ending isn't good but it isn't irredeemable. The most critical flaw of this book was a single scene which poisoned every other page following it, a scene that broke my suspension of disbelief SO HARD I couldn't stop remembering it every time I picked the book up.
In this scene, Cosmic Girl is struggling with something so she goes flying to clear her mind. While flying, she finds a military jet flying. She catches up to it. She taps in the canopy.
He hears her.
They _talk._
Do you--I mean, what... AAAAGHHGHGH!
Do you have ANY idea how LOUD fighter jets are?! ANY IDEA?! They are DEAFENING! Right next to a jet engine at full roar, it would drown out the loudest human voice in the world by itself. The rush of wind beating against them as they fly even at a jet's lowest speed would drown out any human voice by itself. The canopy (and I've never been in a jet before so this is just logical guesswork) should be thick enough that communicating through it without a radio is impossible. All these things individually make it absolutely impossible that anyone will ever communicate by voice with a jet pilot while he's flying, while his engine is on, while his canopy is sealed, _and they do it anyway._
Mr. Gregory's constant disregard for basic physics in an incessant needle poking at my ability to enjoy his books. When you move faster than sound, you cannot hear the sonic boom you make until you drop back below sonic speeds. That is an inherent part of moving faster than sound; sound can't reach you. What is a boom? That's right, it's a sound. It can't reach you.
I don't want to be mean. I don't want to be a jerk. I liked the first book, it had a fantastic opening and an enjoyable adventure. But I've never had any story so completely ruin my ability to take it seriously before reading that jet scene. I may prefer realistic interpretations of superheroes, such as the Wearing the Cape series, but I don't demand it; I can enjoy stories that fudge the lines of how the world is supposed to work, which focus more on having a good time than making a realistic world. But I can only take so much, and this was beyond my limit. I may or may not continue with this series, but I'll sure as hell never reread this entry in it.
0 Response to "⋙ Libro Gratis Cosmic Girl Looking For Trouble A Superhero Novel eBook R S J Gregory"
Post a Comment