Rating: 4/5
review:
Very enjoyable
I enjoyed Spandex And The City. As a man in my 60s, I'm not really in its
target audience, but a great title and a friend's recommendation persuaded me
to try it and I'm glad I did. I thought it was funny, engaging and rather
exciting in places.
Jenny Colgan (whom I hadn't read before) has produced a
comic mash-up of a rom-com and superhero adventure and done it very well. It is narrated in the first person by Holly
who works in a dull job in the PR department of the mayor's office in the
fictional US
city of Centerton - which has its
own superhero in Ultimate Man. ("I
mean, seriously? Ultimate Man?" "Well, all the good names had
gone.") He's a Batman/Superman type
who rescues Holly from a supervillain a couple of times and a will they/won't
they love story begins. It could have
been awful, but Colgan has a lovely touch so the story is humorous with exactly
the level of irony needed to be witty, the dialogue is excellently done, Holly
is a very engaging protagonist and there's some genuine excitement and some
rather thoughtful content in places.
This isn't intended to be Great Literature, but it's a very
well-written and entertaining book which I enjoyed a lot. It would make a great beach read! Recommended.
(I received an ARC via Netgalley.)
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