I'm new to the Supernatural fandom, having just started watching the series about a month or so ago, but I'm already hooked. In my search to find more stories in the Supernatural universe I found that this book was consistently ranked as one of the best in a series of less than stellar novels based on the show. So I gave it a try and liked it all right. I didn't love it nor hate it. But it was solid.
I will say the characterization was spot on. Dean is my favorite Winchester and he was funny and useful just like in the series. As many reviews for other Supernatural novels criticized Dean's characterization, I found this novel to get just the right combination of recklessness, heroism, and being a jerk. Castiel was also a BAMF but could have been utilized more. And Sam was very Sam-esque.
The plot was interesting but I found the violence to be so extreme that I couldn't imagine how our heroes could have walked away from getting hit, punched, choked, shot, and in several car accidents. I'm not a wimp about violence, but it does jar me out of the plot when characters are so beat up that it stretches belief to have them walk away without permanent damage, especially when Cas can't heal them anymore.
I also liked the idea behind the story but I'm not sure it was exactly successful to me. It felt like all the characters made it harder on themselves than they needed to in order to create friction in the plot. I'm not sure I believed the logic of the bad guy's motivations either.
All in all it was a very readable and good horror novel with some funny interactions between the brothers and Cas, but ultimately I felt a little disappointed that this probably won't be a re-read fro me. I used to read Star Trek novelizations that were so well written that some of them remain among my favorite books of all time. I don't know why I keep expecting that same great writing and character introspection from other novelizations based on tv series.
I will say the characterization was spot on. Dean is my favorite Winchester and he was funny and useful just like in the series. As many reviews for other Supernatural novels criticized Dean's characterization, I found this novel to get just the right combination of recklessness, heroism, and being a jerk. Castiel was also a BAMF but could have been utilized more. And Sam was very Sam-esque.
The plot was interesting but I found the violence to be so extreme that I couldn't imagine how our heroes could have walked away from getting hit, punched, choked, shot, and in several car accidents. I'm not a wimp about violence, but it does jar me out of the plot when characters are so beat up that it stretches belief to have them walk away without permanent damage, especially when Cas can't heal them anymore.
I also liked the idea behind the story but I'm not sure it was exactly successful to me. It felt like all the characters made it harder on themselves than they needed to in order to create friction in the plot. I'm not sure I believed the logic of the bad guy's motivations either.
All in all it was a very readable and good horror novel with some funny interactions between the brothers and Cas, but ultimately I felt a little disappointed that this probably won't be a re-read fro me. I used to read Star Trek novelizations that were so well written that some of them remain among my favorite books of all time. I don't know why I keep expecting that same great writing and character introspection from other novelizations based on tv series.
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