The Cape audiobook

The only problem with that short story, was the fact that it was a short story!I really liked it, the whole idea of it was brilliant and the mind set of the character set it up so the story could've gone on for a lot longer to be a full length novel.Super heroes are awesome! But dark "hero" stories are always just that bit better.I have recently acquired the graphic comic based on this short story. I'm really hoping it leads into to awesome adventure!Be even cooler if they turn this thing into a movie!All reviews can be found at http://lennonslair.blogspot.co.uk

A dark take on superhero literature. It starts off as a typical superhero flick. The socially-awkward deadbeat who’s down on his luck discovers that he’s capable of accomplishing great things, but the twist is that the boy is a sociopath with dangerous urges. What happens when a sociopath with dangerous urges gains access to superhuman powers? I’m sure you can fill in the blanks.

The Cape is about a potential psychopath who becomes a murderer when he acquires super powers. While I enjoyed this little novella, I can't say it was anywhere close to becoming my favorite in the 20th Century Ghosts collection. The actions of the main protagonist don't come off as "dark comedy" but more unsettling and unnerving then anything else. Especially since his actions as a child don't portray him as a "serial killer in the making" in the beginning of the story. Part of me wants to believe that this "plot twist" was just for shock value. Being a fan of all of Joe Hill's work I would like to believe otherwise. I give this story a 3.5 stars out of 5. I enjoyed it but I was really expecting a lot more from it. I think the comic book version of The Cape was what over hyped it for me. Since it was already a graphic novel, I just assumed there was something spectacular about the original novella. I obviously guessed wrong. I definitely wouldn't recommend this one to everybody, like I would do so eagerly with his other work. Maybe it they revealed the Cape was Eric's Inscape via the mythos established in NOS4A2 I would of been a little happier. ;)

A very well written and entertaining tale about the brother who could fly! As with everything, it seems, written by Joe Hill, it was a very inventive tale and well worth reading.I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys creative fantasy. Perhaps you too will become as much of a fan of this man's short fiction as I am! It's really rather addictive.

Having read and loved the graphic novel of this Hill short story, I thought I'd give the original a read. It turns out though that it's only part of the story and just when you think things are getting going, it ends.If you've read this story I would recommend reading the GN as it adds to and improves on what is a sound base with the story of the brothers being fully explored.

This was good. Love it when the unexpected happens!

3.5\5. Dans cette adaptation d'une nouvelle de Joe Hill, on retrouve une dualité entre frères : l'un est mentalement dérangé et est une vrai loque tandis que l'autre est un brillant chirurgien à qui tout réussi. Quand la petite amie du premier le quitte, il tombe dans une spirale destructrice. La redécouverte de sa cape d'enfant "magique" qui lui permet de voler l'entraîne vers le meurtre et la destruction. La destruction du mythe du héros au profit de la montée du vilain. La fin est à la hauteur du récit. C'est grinçant, malaisant, presque malsain. Le lecteur est amené à prendre pour le méchant alors que la morale voudrait le contraire. Le dessin manque un peu de raffinement cependant. La palette de couleurs aurait pu être un peu plus criarde, à la superhéros, ce qui aurait renforcé le message au lieu de rester dans des teintes sombres pour marquer le côté obscure du héros.

This story was short but i loved it i thought the main character was such a complex and disturbed character and the story even though it doesn’t tell everything about what happened after i still think it was very good

A smidge of Chronicle here…written five years before the flick.

3.75