Book review - Supernatural - The Roads Not Taken

[agt_spooky]

When I was a kid, choose-your-own-adventure books were hugely popular. I loved them and lost track of how many I bought. So needless to say, when I found out that Supernatural was coming out with one, I was all over that sucker. :-)

The Roads Not Taken is a quick, fun read. It's comprised of four individual stories that at first appear standalone, but are actually all connected as you find out in the last story. And each story gives you three or four choices to make, with three different outcomes - Sam and Dean both die, one of them dies or they both survive.

I didn't do too well right out of the gate, as the very first choice I made quickly led to Sam and Dean's deaths. D'oh! LOL! Some hunter I am! So back to the beginning I went to make a different choice. :-) Didn't do too much better with the second story, as I accidentally killed off Sam. Oops! But I made it through the third story with them both surviving. Yay! I was even successful with the last story, with Sam and Dean defeating the MOTW that tied all 4 stories together.

The fun part is then going back and looking at all of the choices you didn't make, to see what would have happened. Let's see, Dean would have been killed by a demon, Sam would have been killed by some nightmarish creature, they both would have been killed by a saber-tooth tiger…

So if you're looking for a bit of nostalgia from your childhood this is the book for you. If you're looking for a serious novel, you'll want to skip this one. I give it a solid 3 out of 4 stars.

Comments

Thanks, thanks, THANKS...

[feldspar2.livejournal.com]

...girlfriend, for hipping me to this! I got TWO copies, one for me and one for my niece, who's inherited all my CYOAs. She's a new SPN fangirl and I know she'll love this.

Re: Thanks, thanks, THANKS...

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

You’re welcome, sweetheart! I love it that you’re an old time CYOA fan, too. Geez, I loved those books! And this SPN one does a good job with the format. You’ll both enjoy it! You need to tell me how many times you accidentally kill off Sam and/or Dean. :-)