Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti

Zeroes (Zeroes, #1)

by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti

A gripping sci-fi adventure from the New York Times bestselling author, Scott Westerfeld, and award-winning co-authors Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti about a group of teens with amazing abilities.

'Zeroes is expansive and evocative'  -- NPR


Who are the Zeroes? Six teens with powers that set them apart from the ordinary, and definitely not heroes.

When a bank robber goes wrong, the scattered Zeroes must agree to come back together to save one of their own.

But what if there was someone else that could help too? Perhaps there's a new Zero on the block?

Filled with high-stakes action and drama, Zeroes unites three powerhouse authors for the opening installment of a thrilling series.

Reviewed by Amber on

3 of 5 stars

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Books about people with superpowers give me life, and this book was great for it. There was a nice collection of superpowers here, and a couple of them were different to anything I'd seen (or read about) before which made for a nice change. That said, I didn't love Zeroes as much as I wanted to, although it was still easy to fly through and I will definitely be reading the sequel.

For such a big book, Zeroes was a surprisingly fast read. I don't know if it was the font or the writing style or what, but I managed to finish it in just a few hours of reading time over the course of two or so days. I don't know what happened.

There was a lot of action packed into this book, and that took priority over the character development. In this case, I wasn't too bothered because I enjoyed the plotting and the superpower scenes more than most of the characters, who really weren't that interesting.

I have to say, though, that I have developed huge affections for both Thibault (who is the most adorable person in all of existence and I just want to squish his cheeks and make him get together with Ethan I MEAN WHAT) and Chizara (who deserves a bigger part in the sequel because THIS QUEEN). I didn't care for Kelsie in the slightest and her very presence annoyed me, and the other characters were just kind of there. Ethan had a slightly bigger roll but meh, I wasn't bothered about him unless he was with Thibault because SHIP.

I have a lot of things that I would like to see from the sequel, including more superpowers, more romance between Thibault and Ethan, and more development for Chizara. I don't think Zeroes was particularly memorable, but it was an enjoyable read and I would definitely recommend it if you're looking for something action-packed.

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