iBoy Book Review

I borrowed "iBoy" by Kevin Brooks from the library not knowing what to expect. Before I started reading the book I had no high expectations. I just opened the book and started to read. I have to say, the book is a little boring in the beginning, but it soon picked up throughout the middle. I actually did like this book. I don't know why. Normally this book wouldn't be my type of book to read. Here is what the book is about:
This book is about a sixteen year old boy named Tom Harvey. He lives a normal life except for the fact that his mom died in an accident, so he lives with his Grandma. His life goes along fine until he hears someone screaming his name. He looks up and someone throws an iPhone down at him, causing Tom to have a brain injury. It turns out he gets some pieces of the phone stuck in his brain and the doctors can't get the pieces out. Now Tom Harvey is not a regular kid. He has superpowers. Now he is"iBoy". With one flick of a switch, he can turn himself into a iPhone. He can do everything in his brain that an iPhone can do. He can search the web, go on facebook, text and call people and other things, from his mind. That's amazing! When he hears that his long-time friend Lucy got raped by men, he sets out to save her. Soon he is considered a superhero and no one knows who he is. Lucy secretly talks to iBoy on facebook, and he doesn't reveal that it's her old friend Tom. Using his new powers he tries to save the world.

This book was alot better than I thought it was going to be.

Pros: I loved the characters, well not the villain. The main character Tom is such a strong character. He is very mature for a sixteen year old boy, and is such a good guy. I like how the main character is a boy, because I don't read many books with a guy's point of view. I also loved his love interest Lucy. I felt so bad for her. Tom treats her well and she is so sweet.
This book actually takes place in England because that is where the author is from. I liked it. I liked the author's slang and the reference to "pounds" instead of regular money that we Americans use. I liked this book because it was different. I also liked that this book wasn't too long. It wasn't even three hundred pages. I liked the whole twist on Spiderman.

Cons: There weren't many but I have to mention them. First off, the action doesn't really begin until after a hundred pages. This book has alot of cussing in it, and I didn't like it because I don't swear. I think that's it.

So I really liked this book and gave it four stars on goodreads. It wasn't good enough to be a five but better than a three. All the reviews were great for this book. This is also the first book from Kevin Brooks I read. If you are looking for a cool, science type of book that's different, I recommend this book.