I finished that book.
I have to say that it was a really enjoyable book.
I never was a comic book geek, mostly because I never had enough money to buy comic books, but the few comics I could get my hands on I just went through them very quickly. I once read the whole Wolverine series – I think it was 124 issues at the time – in one evening. I am however a Dungeons & Dragons / Role Playing Game Geek, and this book really made me want to start a DC Heroes or Marvel game. 
Anyways.
The book deals with all the clichés of super heroes, but from a fresh perspective. There’s the super villain, the Cyborg, the ex Black Ops guy, the fairy, the magician, etc. But all those persons seem to “go through the motions” of being super heroes (each in their own way), so the story focuses instead of the internal dialogue of two characters. We get to learn about the rest of the characters through the eyes of those two.
The style was confusing at first, and it got slightly better as the book progressed. I was getting used to the style I guess. It was like when i saw Cyrano for the first time, and that it took a good 20 minutes just to understand what the characters were saying. But even in the last chapters, I sometimes had to go back a few paragraphs to figure out what had happened, and how the logical sequence of event took place. for example, I still don’t understand the conclusion of the fight between Dr. Impossible and Mister Mystic. And I must have read that part 3-4 times.
Dave2 had warned me that the end was a little anti-climatic, so I kept that in mind as I was turning the last few pages, and yes: Dave2 was right. It’s a little anti-climatic, but I saw that more as an after effect of setting up the stage for future books. I could see the same story told through the eyes of two other characters, and then two others, and so on. Or even the second part of this story. Anyways, to misquote a famous person: This book is not about the destination, it’s about the journey.
So there you have it. Decent book, easy read, entertaining. I’d give it 4 out of 5 masks and gloves.
Some links:
Soon I will be invincible on Wikipedia
Soon I Will Be Invincible (& Interviewed): Austin Grossman
Oh, I was not paid in any way shape or form for that review.
