Friday, January 6, 2012

Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans

Michael Vey is a freshman at a high school in Idaho. He is consistently bullied and singled out. Luckily, he has the power to stop it. During one of his daily poundings he shoots electricity from his hands and runs away from his attackers. He is not allowed to tell anyone of his talent, until a cheerleader sees that shock he gave his attackers that same day. She also is able to manipulate electricity through stopping the neuron connection in ones head and chooses not to tell people about it. After months of discussion they band together with Michael’s friend Ostin Liss (a computer expert) to find out how this happened to them.  Then, an unexpected turn of events happens. They begin to be hunted by someone or something. All of the clues they can discover lead to a snobbish private high school in Pasadena, California. This quest takes some spins and leads off into the next book in series.

Prisoner of Vault 25 is overall a simple read, not challenging and a basic concept. At times I felt as though certain chapters were designed for a movie instead of a book as no thoughts of the character were presented at all and it was just flashy action moves.  In summary, this is your mediocre Scooby-Doo style mystery that you can just blaze through in a rainy weekend.

3.25 Stars

Jacob Aubrecht

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