The Extraordinaries
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3.9
T J. Klune
In Nova City, there are extraordinary people, capable of feats that defy the imagination. Shadow Star protects the city and manipulates darkness, and Pyro Storm is determined to bring the city to its knees using his power over fire. And then there's Nick who . . . well, being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom is a superpower, right? Instead of fighting crime, Nick contends with a new year at school, a father who doesn't trust him, and a best friend named Seth, who may or may not be the love of Nick's short, uneventful life. It should be enough. But after a chance encounter with Shadow Star, Nova City's mightiest hero (and Nick's biggest crush), Nick sets out to make himself extraordinary. And he'll do it with or without Seth's reluctant help . . . Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl meets Brandon Sanderson's Steelheart in TJ Klune's YA debut: a queer coming-of-age story about a fanboy with ADHD and the heroes he loves.
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Author
T J. Klune
Pages
400
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Published Date
2020-07-16
ISBN
1473693047 9781473693043
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"This is probably one of the only books where I've bumped my rating up upon a reread. <br/><br/>Nick is probably one of my favorite characters in literature. He's adorable and eccentric and I love him so much. He hates being ordinary. Especially after he's turned into a damsel in distress by his celebrity crush, Shadow Star. <br/><br/><spoiler> Can we talk about the irony of Nick wanting to kiss Shadow Star, only to find out Shadow Star is his ex? I'd die. Like literally. </spoiler> <br/><br/>This launches Nick's quest to become an Extraordinary. <br/><br/>My favorite thing about Nick is that he's a believable character. He's naïve, he can be irresponsible, and he sometimes doesn't want to take the blame. His relationship with his dad is so raw and seeing their trials and tribulations is so heartbreaking. But when they can co-exist in the same place, with both of them having levels of chaos to rival each other, it can be ridiculously hilarious. <br/><br/>Next onto Aaron Bell, the only dad to ever rival Charlie Swan. <br/><br/>He really just wants the best for his son, but without his wife it’s hard for him to navigate all the twists and turns of having Nick as a son. That bit where Aaron accidentally asked Nick why he was the way that he is? Ugh. For such a humorous book, seeing Nick’s reaction to that nearly ripped my heart out. It was really hard to be mad at Aaron Bell though. I couldn’t be mad at either of them. They’re both just big knuckle heads. <br/><br/>Seth was a treasure. I loved him and he’s my baby. <spoiler> T.J Klune does a really good job of making it seem so obvious that Seth’s Shadow Star, only to have him rip away that at the last moment and replace it with the fact that he’s actually the ‘bad guy’. Owen being Shadow Star, and the <i> real </i> villain of the story was hilarious to me. Imagine learning that not only is your crush actually a bad guy, but you’ve been kissing him and have had no idea. I would literally die. </spoiler> Also Bob being like ‘has he finally told you he’s been in love with you?’ and Nick being like ‘?’ was the funniest thing ever. <br/><br/>Gibby and Jazz were the power couple that I aspire to be like. <br/><br/>It may see over the top. And it's more of a comedy than anything, but read it if you want to be put into a happy feel good mood. Even with the little bumps, it'll still make you smile like a damn idiot."
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Allykay Willims
"Oh man this is just friggin' delicious with a generous helping of <s> physically painful </s> hilarious teenage angst and a pinch <s> or ten </s> of cheesy-goodness. I can't tell you how many times I literally laughed out loud while reading this lol. <br/>I love that TJ Klune wrote this book. The world <i> needs </i> more LGBTQ+ content, especially YA content, and especially <i> especially </i> content with queer characters doing things besides coming out or dealing with bullying. Where it's just normal to be queer. Because it <i> is </i>. <br/>"
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