315 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2017 by Diversion Books.
Only nine months after her debut as the superhero Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is already a scarred veteran. Protecting a city the size of New Port is a team-sized job and she's doing it alone. Between her newfound celebrity and her demanding cape duties, Dreadnought is stretched thin, and it's only going to get worse. When she crosses a newly discovered billionaire supervillain, Dreadnought comes under attack from all quarters. From her troubled family life to her disintegrating friendship with Calamity, there's no lever too cruel for this villain to use against her. She might be hard to kill, but there's more than one way to destroy a hero. Before the war is over, Dreadnought will be forced to confront parts of herself she never wanted to acknowledge. And behind it all, an old enemy waits in the wings, ready to unleash a plot that will scar the world forever.
Only nine months after her debut as the superhero Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is already a scarred veteran. Protecting a city the size of New Port is a team-sized job and she's doing it alone. Between her newfound celebrity and her demanding cape duties, Dreadnought is stretched thin, and it's only going to get worse. When she crosses a newly discovered billionaire supervillain, Dreadnought comes under attack from all quarters. From her troubled family life to her disintegrating friendship with Calamity, there's no lever too cruel for this villain to use against her. She might be hard to kill, but there's more than one way to destroy a hero. Before the war is over, Dreadnought will be forced to confront parts of herself she never wanted to acknowledge. And behind it all, an old enemy waits in the wings, ready to unleash a plot that will scar the world forever.
Getting deeper into the world, the characters and super hero universe. The antitrans rethoric of some antagonists can be painful to go through, specially if you are trans, but anyway it was hard a joy to read.
A solid blossoming of the world and characters set down in Dreadnought. Danny develops into a more fully realized character in relatively simple and straightforward ways, but the secondary cast absolutely blooms into detail and colour. The worldbuilding deepens appreciably: the Marvel and DC homages are still there, but significantly muted in favour of this world's particularities.
SPOILERS: I do feel like the book could have used a content warning regarding its forced detransition plotline—I was surprised by it and a little shaken for the rest of the day—but these things are difficult to accomplish in print media.
A solid blossoming of the world and characters set down in Dreadnought. Danny develops into a more fully realized character in relatively simple and straightforward ways, but the secondary cast absolutely blooms into detail and colour. The worldbuilding deepens appreciably: the Marvel and DC homages are still there, but significantly muted in favour of this world's particularities.
SPOILERS: I do feel like the book could have used a content warning regarding its forced detransition plotline—I was surprised by it and a little shaken for the rest of the day—but these things are difficult to accomplish in print media.
DNF for now, I couldn't handle the transphobic bullshit that goes on in this book, I get enough of that in real life and want a bit of escapism from my books.
However I might come back to this at another time if I feel able to handle it. Good writing, just too emotionally tricky.
DNF for now, I couldn't handle the transphobic bullshit that goes on in this book, I get enough of that in real life and want a bit of escapism from my books.
However I might come back to this at another time if I feel able to handle it. Good writing, just too emotionally tricky.
