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A review by momwithareadingproblem
The Dysasters by Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast
Did not finish book.
I received an eARC of this book via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of this review.
I have heard great things about the House of Night series by this author duo, so when I was sent an advanced copy of The Dysasters I jumped on it. X-men like powers, good vs evil….yes please! This sounded right up my alley. Unfortunately the execution was terrible. There were times where I'd sit the book down and think maybe I was just tired of reading at the time and come back to it an hour or so later….nope it really was awful.
As other reviewers have pointed out, The Dysasters was written by adult authors for teenagers. The unfortunate part about this is that it was clearly stereotyped. Yes teens are emotional, dramatic, occasionally curse, and can lash out. But y'all these main characters did these constantly with inappropriate timing. For instance, during their first meeting Foster calls Tate a d-bag and he responds by calling her a B----. Not cool! And definitely not going to get me to like either character.
The drama was OVER the top. Like way over! In the first few chapters, Foster argues with her mom, tornadoes destroy an entire town and quite literally kill everyone in said town, and Foster and Tate while three people from Foster's past chase them. Too much!
Personally I think if the story had been set around adults (even 19-20 years old) I would've enjoyed the story better….maybe. The whole plot was odd. You have Foster and Tate coming into their powers and trying to figure them out. And then you get the POV of the adults and Foster's dad who is like an evil scientist who is trying to find Foster and Tate, chase them down, etc. Also don't get me started on the weird POV that happens midway through the book. After I was finally finding a rhythm reading Tate and Foster's chapters, the authors threw in not one but two new POV. I think this would have been better served in the next book of the series, maybe focusing on different characters in each book OR introducing them at the beginning with Tate and Foster. It was confusing to say the least.
Overall, The Dysasters was a disaster... in my opinion anyways. I stopped reading around the 80% mark. I just couldn't keep going. If you enjoy science fiction, superhero type stories, maybe give it a read. You may enjoy it more than me.
I have heard great things about the House of Night series by this author duo, so when I was sent an advanced copy of The Dysasters I jumped on it. X-men like powers, good vs evil….yes please! This sounded right up my alley. Unfortunately the execution was terrible. There were times where I'd sit the book down and think maybe I was just tired of reading at the time and come back to it an hour or so later….nope it really was awful.
As other reviewers have pointed out, The Dysasters was written by adult authors for teenagers. The unfortunate part about this is that it was clearly stereotyped. Yes teens are emotional, dramatic, occasionally curse, and can lash out. But y'all these main characters did these constantly with inappropriate timing. For instance, during their first meeting Foster calls Tate a d-bag and he responds by calling her a B----. Not cool! And definitely not going to get me to like either character.
The drama was OVER the top. Like way over! In the first few chapters, Foster argues with her mom, tornadoes destroy an entire town and quite literally kill everyone in said town, and Foster and Tate while three people from Foster's past chase them. Too much!
Personally I think if the story had been set around adults (even 19-20 years old) I would've enjoyed the story better….maybe. The whole plot was odd. You have Foster and Tate coming into their powers and trying to figure them out. And then you get the POV of the adults and Foster's dad who is like an evil scientist who is trying to find Foster and Tate, chase them down, etc. Also don't get me started on the weird POV that happens midway through the book. After I was finally finding a rhythm reading Tate and Foster's chapters, the authors threw in not one but two new POV. I think this would have been better served in the next book of the series, maybe focusing on different characters in each book OR introducing them at the beginning with Tate and Foster. It was confusing to say the least.
Overall, The Dysasters was a disaster... in my opinion anyways. I stopped reading around the 80% mark. I just couldn't keep going. If you enjoy science fiction, superhero type stories, maybe give it a read. You may enjoy it more than me.