Mara

author: Brian Wood

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.45

book published: 2013

rating: 3

read at: 2014/02/01

date added: 2014/02/01

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

Mara is a huge sports star in a future obsessed with sports and war. Her picture adorns magazines, posters and memorabilia. Meanwhile her brother, Mark, is a soldier fighting in a foreign war. As children they were raised in state run schools and trained for their jobs. To serve their country. Mark as a soldier, Mara as a volleyball player.



Things take a turn when Mara starts exhibiting super powers. She is accused of cheating. Worse, the government wants to use her as a weapon of deterrence against it’s enemies. When her captors take things too far, Mara realizes her powers are developing at an alarming rate and she turns her back on humans.



It seems like the beginning of a series. Mara’s superpowers are kind of on par with Superman, but it’s nice to see a young girl as the hero. The art is good and it’s a fairly interesting story, but there is a turning point toward the end that makes Mara seem a bit shallow and I found it kind of took me out of the story. Also, she is all powers and no apparent vulnerabilities. That might get less interesting as things go along.



I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for letting me review this book.







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