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Somehow, I don't like the pacing of this book.
3.5 starsI picked this up on a book binge at B&N (don't judge, you know you do it from time to time too). There was a display in the children's section (see the judgement thingy above, cuz again, you know you peruse there too) and I decided to give it a shot, partially because of the cover and description but mostly because of Stan Lee. Why? Because STAN LEE, that's why! #reasonsSo, here's the premise: A villain wants to become a supervillain by tapping into the powers of the Chinese zodiac. And...
This book started off slow then started to speed up. There was a lot of action(which I really like). The Zodiac was a science fiction book. I usually don't read science fiction but I did this time. The end of this book wasn't that great. It was almost a little hard to follow. I would recommend this book to 5th graders.
I like the idea of this book. The idea of using the Chinese Zodiac to make 12 new super heroes or villains as the case may be. I also like it that they consider the Dragon as the strongest because I was born in the year of the Dragon.
Stan Lee is the notable creator of comic book heroes such as Spiderman and the X-Men. He's joined here by Stuart Moore, a comic book editor and writer, to create a new group of action heroes based on the animals of the Chinese zodiac. (The print book also contains occasional art work by Andie Tong, but it's more of a novel with illustrations than it is a graphic novel.)Chinese-American teen Stephen Lee is on a school trip to China. When at a museum he hears screaming from behind a locked door. T...
http://www.b00kr3vi3ws.in/2015/01/Zod...Steven, as a Chinese American kid in America, has always felt like a misfit. Now on a trip to China, he feels even more so, especially when his friends assume that being of Chinese decent, he can read everything in Chinese. He also has some parental issues, who always seem to be busy with their work and have no tie for him. On a class trip to a museum, Steven accidentally gets embroiled is Maxwell’s plan to take over the world with all the zodiac powers. S...
Wow ended up being so good 😊
E ARC from Netgalley.comSteven Lee is on a class trip to China, feeling awkward yet again. His parents are always working, and he never feels quite American enough... and now doesn't feel Chinese enough. This changes when he seems the tour guide disappear and hears a scream. He follows it and gets sucked into a world of zodiac powers-- he gets hit by a beam and acquires the powers of the tiger. The evil Maxwell wants all of the power for himself and is angry at the tour guide, Jasmine, for messi...
This book was completely new to me until I was lucky enough to have it show up in my mailbox. I was immediately intrigued upon reading the jacket cover, and the promise of a plot based off the twelve Chinese Zodiac signs wasn’t a bad sell either!Although it is marketed as Middle Grade, I think this series has crossover appeal and can interest a much wider audience. This is especially true for me because I tend to be picky with my MG reads as I prefer Young Adult, but THE ZODIAC LEGACY really imp...
I haven't picked this up in weeks and decided I didn't even care about how it ended. I really wanted to like this but at page 282 I just have to give up. It's just...boring. I didn't like it. I didn't feel connected to any of the characters. The bad guy felt stereotypical evil and I couldn't take him seriously. A student recommended this book to me and I'm glad they like it, but I won't be reading this series anymore.
This was a nice start, very elaborated and it helped me know the characters as well as the backround of this story...I was very intruiged as I really like whatever has to do with animals spirit. The art was full of colour and it was a fine job.The story didn't left loose ends which I really liked, but it build a cliffhanger that made me want to get my hands to the second comic *My thanks to Papercutz and Net galley for the free e-arc*
I have to say, it started off really slow and kinda like I was reading an actual comic book instead of a book.But then again, Stan Lee is the king when it comes to comics. I loved this book towards the end. The Zodiacs kept me on the edge of my seat.
This was a very entertaining book. I loved the different take on super powers. I also liked how the characters learned to work as a team. I can't wait to read the next book.
I read this with my daughter for school and this is her review:The action in here was great and Liam was the best character in the whole book but the ending was kind of stupid. I probably wouldn't read the next one.
Steven Lee is on a field trip with his school to Hong Kong China to learn about his heritage when the museum tour guide goes into a restricted area of the place. Steven follows her and ends up in a creepy basement and a green light known as a Qi beam hits him giving him tiger-like powers from the Chinese zodiac. Following a girl with dragon-like powers named Jasmine and a computer genius named Carlos, they go to find the rest of the zodiac-powered people and try to stop an evil man named Maxwell...
Apparently the physical copy of this has illustrations?? I listened to the audiobook and found it a fun adventure. I wonder if the author is going to expand on the Chinese zodiac because there isn’t much explanation beyond that they each get their powers from the zodiac...
It was a great book. It is a mix of fantasy and some Japanese culture. I would recommend for people who like fantasy and really well written books.
This was for sure a very interesting read. However, a few acts in this story were weak -- poorly executed. The villain was believable and I actually enjoyed his maniacal behavior a hell of a lot more than I have some people. If you are a fan of Stan Lee and marvel I highly recommend this series. Mainly, it's light, easy fiction with sparkle and sass tossed into every turn.
Too much action, not enough character development. It reads like a really long, underdeveloped origin story. Plus, it seems odd that each character from different countries magically speaks English--with no discussion of how that could even be possible. This felt to me like something that could have been a fun story but was not thought through nearly enough...and yet still managed to clock in at 500 pages.
Premise: a bad guy wants to be a ultra mega bad guy by using the Dragon power of the Zodiac. This guy, Maxwell, accidentally ends up sharing the power with Jasmine. He and his team, Vanguard, are struck-shocked by this and take refuge before fighting against her and her team who are building up to be something powerful when new recruits arrive. Steven Lee takes up the Tiger power, the roar, the strength, the endurance of power. As he, Jasmine and Carlos, a geeky genius, meet up all together, the...