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P.C. and Kristin Cast, the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of the House of Night phenomenon, return to the scene with The Dysasters--the first action-packed novel in a new paranormal fantasy series. Adoptive daughter of a gifted scientist, Foster Stewart doesn't live a "normal" life, (not that she'd want to). But controlling cloud formations and seeing airwaves aren't things most eighteen year olds can do. Small town star quarterback and quintessential dreamy boy next door, Tate "Nighthawk" Taylor has never thought much about his extra abilities. Sure, his night vision comes in handy during games, but who wouldn't want that extra edge? From the moment Foster and Tate collide, their worlds spiral and a deadly tornado forces them to work together, fully awakening their not-so-natural ability - the power to control air. As they each deal with the tragic loss of loved ones, they're caught by another devastating blow - they are the first in a group of teens genetically manipulated before birth to bond with the elements, and worse... they're being hunted. Now, Foster and Tate must fight to control their abilities as they learn of their past, how they came to be, who's following them, and what tomorrow will bring... more DYSASTERS?… (lisätietoja)
Jäsen:Glendawatters
Teoksen nimi:The Dysasters (Dysasters, 1)
Kirjailijat:P. C. Cast (Tekijä)
Info:Wednesday Books (2019), 320 pages
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Näyttää 1-5 (yhteensä 6) (seuraava | näytä kaikki)
Representation: Black characters
Trigger warnings: Death of a friend and parents in the past, tornadoes, animal cruelty, fire, explosions
Score: Four points out of ten.
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I wanted to read The Dysasters for a while now but never got around to do that until now. I picked it up alongside others from the library hoping that it would be enjoyable, but I lowered my expectations after seeing the ratings and reviews. When I read and finished The Dysasters, it was a disaster. The worst novel I've read in 2024 thus far. I'm sorry to say this, but the authors disappointed me the first time around.

It starts with the first two characters I see, Foster Stewart and Tate Nighthawk, living their separate lives until they, along with a tornado, meet in an American football game. The tornado threw everything into chaos and also killed Foster's friend, Cora, but that allows for the two to harness their ability to control air. That is a fast-paced beginning, almost too quick as Foster and Tate have to escape to another location after reading a message saying they're part of a scientist's genetic experiment, and other participants are after them. Did I mention the scientist faked his death and he's Tate's stepfather? What a bizarre twist.

My gripes with The Dysasters lie in the characters and worldbuilding. I couldn't connect or relate to any of the characters, even though Tate and Foster later develop a relationship, I couldn't feel any chemistry. Tate, Foster and other characters didn't have any attributes beyond their supernatural powers. Also, why did the authors have to kill off a Black person in Cora? Did they deem her as not critical enough to Tate and Foster? I would've loved to see some intriguing character dynamics with those three. The Black people's only descriptions were big and Black. Those two words can't fully define them. I'm sure there's more traits the authors could think of to add to those people. The worldbuilding is hilarious at best and atrocious at worst, because the genetic experiment wouldn't realistically work. Importing oxygen into embryos for air abilities and water for water doesn't make sense, as those cells already have those elements. If those injections happened, it would achieve nothing.

After the opening pages, the plot slowed so much I couldn't care for anything that occurred there anymore. The pictures didn't help either, other than to aid in visualising The Dysasters. The conclusion is a note. To summarise, The Dysasters was a YA urban fantasy novel that showed much promise, but after reading it and observing the flaws, it underwhelmed me and only earned two out of five stars. ( )
  Law_Books600 | Jan 28, 2024 |
I really wanted to like this book. I love superheroes, action stories, good vs evil....I had high expectations for this story about teens with the ability to manipulate the elements.

But I'm going to be honest -- I didn't like this book. I DNF'd this story about halfway through. For me, the book seemed like a failed attempt by adults to write a book for teenagers. It tries too hard and comes off as contrived.

Teenagers can be angsty, whiny, and disrespectful. So this story overuses those traits, making the main characters almost completely unlikable. Teenagers curse. So, this book overuses curse words, sprinkling them in at the wrong time and not using them at the right time. For example, the main characters call each other names or tell each other to shut the F up constantly, but when Foster accidentally calls up a tornado and realizes she can manipulate weather, she says...."thank you"?? If I accidentally called up a tornado, you can bet your sweet bippy I would be saying WTF and most likely several other choice curse words out of complete shock and surprise. Other terms like Fucktastic Four, douchehawk, nightdouche, etc can be a great joke...once. Maybe even twice. But after multiple uses, it just gets old. Just too much....bleck.

I asked my 14 year old to read a couple chapters of this book to see what he thought. He said the same thing....adults trying too hard to write teenage characters and failing.

I struggled through half of this story, and stopped. This book is not for me.

**I voluntarily read an advanced readers copy of this book from St. Martins Press via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.** ( )
  JuliW | Nov 22, 2020 |
This review is posted on both my personal account and the account for Crossroads Public Library.

Actual Rating: 3.75 Stars

P.C. and Kristen Cast have definitely grown as authors since their House of Night series. I enjoyed this book a lot - it wasn't perfect, but it was fun. Genetically modified teenagers just coming into their powers? I'm here for it.

But Foster was not exactly likable. Which, she's grieving and she's had a hard time. But so has Tate, and he was just the sweetest cinnamon roll. I loved him. There were a lot of dramatic moments that seemed like they were just there for the drama. instead of any plot progression. The villain and the whole drug addiction thing felt very CW-y. Actually, the entire book in general could be a series on the CW.

Just don't come into this with high expectations. ( )
  zombiibean | Nov 20, 2020 |
Some interesting characters and concepts, it’s just, for me, the way it was executed rarely lived up to the potential it had.

This started in a fairly exciting fashion, and emotional, too, with a tornado, deaths, characters coming into their power and racing away from villains, however, without a prolonged struggle for safety and shelter, the story became less intense. Not only did Cora’s preparations hinder the page-turning quality of the book in that it made things far too easy for Foster and Tate, it also distracted, as my mind kept going to how hard it was to believe that Cora put that much preparation into a safe-house yet she didn’t really have conversations with Foster about this stuff, didn’t drill instructions into her as to how to handle everything and everyone. She’s that concerned for her child yet leaves it in a letter rather than tells her to her face?

This book isn’t that lengthy yet it introduced a large cast of characters with five villains, four heroes, two family members, and two friends. Eve and Mark were refreshingly dimensional villains and G-Pa was fun if implausible, but there just really didn’t seem like there was room enough to get know most of the characters as well as I would have liked. For instance, pretty much my only takeaway about Foster is that she seemed short-tempered, and given that she’s ostensibly the main character, knowing that little about her was unsatisfying. Since this is a series, maybe it would have been better off delving into Foster and Tate here and providing only the slightest glimpse of Charlotte and Bastien at the end, then feature them in the second book. With the divided focus here (and unevenly divided, at that) it kind of felt like both pairings were short-shifted. As for the two friends, Sabine and Finn didn’t feel necessary, without them maybe a little more time could have been spent fleshing out characters vital to the story.

Another thing that to me killed some of the momentum built up in the beginning were the frequent squabbles between Foster and Tate. Yeah, I know that was meant to convey sexual tension but it just felt forced, especially since it happened shortly after they’d lost loved ones, I don’t know about anyone else, but when I’ve lost someone, picking senseless fights really isn’t in my emotional wheelhouse at that particular moment. Their romantic chemistry never did settle into a place that felt all that natural to me, maybe had the authors leaned into Tate’s endearing awkwardness in his opening scene with Foster that could have turned into something I could cheer for, but they never really revisited that fumbling side of him.

The Dysasters is entertaining enough, it just felt like in nearly every area there was the possibility for it to be more. ( )
  SJGirl | Mar 29, 2020 |
DNF after 20 or so pages

I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My thoughts and opinions are my own. Any quotes I use are from an unpublished copy and may not reflect the finished product.

The story doesn't flow well. The conversations were all over the place, and didn't read like two people talking. I felt like the characters were trying to hard to sound normal, which only made everything more awkward.

The graphics were often inaccurate and showed you what happened before you had a chance to read about it. Occasionally, the drawings were placed in the book before they occurred in the story, so it was like having mini-spoilers within the book. An example of an inaccuracy: Foster was described as wearing an oversized sweatshirt that she had to roll up at the bottom, and she secured her loose hair into a topknot on her head. There was no mention of a hat, yet the images depict her wearing one, and her clothes were form-fitting, so definitely not a baggy sweatshirt. I don't mind drawings and pictures, but I want them to be accurate representations of the characters and the story.

Foster was super critical of her stepmother. She constantly commented on how old her stepmother was, and claimed she couldn't understand her "old" cultural references. I thought they had a very odd relationship, and disliked how disrespectful Foster seemed. She claimed to love the woman, but her words didn't convey that feeling.

The slang and "teenager talk" was painful to read. I have nothing against swearing, but it was overused and felt inauthentic. I didn't read very much of this book, but I was growing increasingly annoyed with the language being used. Did Foster and Tate know any other words, or was that just their preferred vocabulary? Either way, it was obnoxious.

"Yo, Nighthawk, who was that ginge you was talkin' to? She ain't from here, that's for sure."

"Get back to the ginge with the big boobs."

Even the sections where swearing isn't an issue, the general language used gave me a headache. In the end, I just couldn't keep reading The Dysasters. I think the concept is interesting, and I enjoy stories about people with elemental powers, but everything about this book was excessive.


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P.C. and Kristin Cast, the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of the House of Night phenomenon, return to the scene with The Dysasters--the first action-packed novel in a new paranormal fantasy series. Adoptive daughter of a gifted scientist, Foster Stewart doesn't live a "normal" life, (not that she'd want to). But controlling cloud formations and seeing airwaves aren't things most eighteen year olds can do. Small town star quarterback and quintessential dreamy boy next door, Tate "Nighthawk" Taylor has never thought much about his extra abilities. Sure, his night vision comes in handy during games, but who wouldn't want that extra edge? From the moment Foster and Tate collide, their worlds spiral and a deadly tornado forces them to work together, fully awakening their not-so-natural ability - the power to control air. As they each deal with the tragic loss of loved ones, they're caught by another devastating blow - they are the first in a group of teens genetically manipulated before birth to bond with the elements, and worse... they're being hunted. Now, Foster and Tate must fight to control their abilities as they learn of their past, how they came to be, who's following them, and what tomorrow will bring... more DYSASTERS?

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