What if there was a power like no other? What if one drunken slouch happened to stumble where nobody has stumbled before and discovered the ability to teleport!Just when you thought there were enough super hero stories in this world, we made another one… where no man has clumsily stumbled before. By day he works for a familiar sounding, power hungry, media controlling, mega rich American businessman who represents everything wrong with society today. Whilst investigating this politically loaded story arc Kurt accidentally acquires a super power like no other. The ability to teleport!
Before he can think about saving the day, Wiseman must endure a journey of self-reflection by earning the trust of his friends and overcoming his greatest weakness, booze. Even if the path is filled with comic book cliché, inappropriate one liners and genre busting fourth wall action.
Not all heroes in this world are the same and with great power comes the possibility to go viral! This is a story that will unite humanity…
Kurt Wiseman is the Teleporter!
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This book is a combination of science fiction, parody, and drama. Kurt is not a typical hero, he is not Spidermen neither Batman. He is an alcohol addict and has problems with relationships. Also, he published a novel, and from time to time he talks with his characters. He will be fired because of his rebellious nature but his powers will get a new dimension after an accident in the office. The world is divided on reach and poor people and it results in resistance. Casey, the character in this novel says how she fought with investigating journalism against injustice, and Kurt is doing this on his way, trying to set up things in its place.
From time to time, the book reminds me of comic cartoons where superheroes always win. This is a part of the charm and it gives originality to the book. The Teleporter is a book where you can ask yourself would you be able to be a hero, like Kurt does.
This is a fun, breezy read of a book that delivers on exactly what the author set out for it to do, and that is, essentially, to have it be a fun, breezy read of a book.
How do I know this? Because we’re told as much in an author’s note at the end of the book.
“I set out to create this story with one goal in mind, which was above all, to make people laugh…” – Lee Hall
Mission accomplished, Mr. Hall.
And not only does our besodden superhero Kurt Wiseman (cool name) humor us with his meh Millennial mentality, he does so while locked in a life-or-death battle with the (stereo)typically corrupt corporate (never noticed how similar the words corrupt and corporate are in appearance until now) tech executive and his conglomerate of clownish henchmen, all while reminding us along the way of the dangers and unintended consequences of technology run amok, among other timely and topically important issues of the day.
Now, would I liked to have found the story with more fully developed characters and settings? Sure. But we must remember our tale is narrated by our slacker superhero so the sparsity in development can be considered almost apropos, as it leaves me feeling as I did as a parent when dealing with my own similarly-aged Millennial offspring who are equally adept at providing just enough information needed to keep them out of any serious trouble.
Bottom line: this is an all-around enjoyable book. Simple as that. So…
Buy it.
Read it.
Laugh with it.
“This isn’t your standard comic book hero story, it’s just a book.”
So states the hero in Lee Hall’s The Teleporter otherwise known as Kurtis Wiseman. However many comic book tropes do appear – the unlikely hero, the science accident leading to super powers, the training montage, the initial quest for fame before altruistic motives take over…
Even though we may have seen much of this before, Hall presents it in a fun, breezy manner that is a joy to read. Neither Hall nor Kurtis take things too seriously and that is why the story works. I was left wanting to read more about the Teleporter’s exploits. And in the end, having the reader wanting more is a good thing!
I could not get into this book . I tried but it was so boring that after trying for a half hour I gave up.
This is a poor example of writing. It rambles too much. Just doesn’t pull the reader in effectively.
Skip it.