All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman – 120 pages
Book Blurb:
All Tom’s friends really are superheroes. There’s the Ear, the Spooner, the Impossible Man. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding, the Perfectionist was hypnotized (by ex-boyfriend Hypno, of course) to believe that Tom is invisible. Nothing he does can make her see him. Six months later, she’s sure that Tom has abandoned her. So she’s moving to Vancouver. She’ll use her superpower to make Vancouver perfect and leave all the heartbreak in Toronto. With no idea Tom’s beside her, she boards an airplane in Toronto. Tom has until the wheels touch the ground in Vancouver to convince her he’s visible, or he loses her forever.
My Review: 3.5 stars
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This book is odd and charming with a twist of suspended reality that makes it so different than anything you’re likely to come across. It read like an adult bedtime story where anything can happen and it all seems to make sense as you’re lolling off into La-La land. And those comments are just made upon the surface reading of this book. There are a lot of heavy themes rolling through these few 107 pages like fitting in, standing out, finding love, keeping love and discovering our own true essence. I’ve been questioning people what their superpower would be and it’s so interesting to hear their answers. Some already answer what they inherently do like in the book while others project so much of their political agendas, emotional healing or revenge into their super power. For such a quirky book, this did leave me thinking long after I finished it.
Quotes I liked:
There are two ways to get rid of an anxiety monster, my friend-you either have a bath or a nap.”
– “If music is invisible, can being invisible be bad?”
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