Reviews for The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine

The average rating for The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-07-14 00:00:00 Leonard Norris Well, not bad, but I'm not as ecstatic about it as some of the other GR readers. Maybe because I'm not a teenager. Maybe because Dylan and fellow character mates seem just so perfectly likeable, even the "f-up" brother, Randy. And while I am a big cheerleader for strong female characters, the women in TLPDF are also just so perfect, too. Any time a character is doing something wrong or at least not right, it turns out they are just misunderstood. Like the mom, who leaves her family, turns out...well, can't tell you or I'll spoil it, right? Let me just put it this way, you are going to love everyone in the end, the workaholic dad who hits his eldest druggie son, the druggie son who gives up drugs so easily for love and talent, the cheating girlfriend who gets everyone cleaned up,literally. Everyone is just so talented and rich and worry-free; no one has to live with any horrible consequences of their actions whether they hurt people or break the law or hurt themselves because we live in this wonderful wacky world right out of ABC Family TV. Well, Ms. Lurie does I guess. And definitely Dylan does...I mean his name is just so cool, right? Maybe it's the way YA dramatic fiction is supposed to be...fantasy, not reality. I guess I like my fantasy more fantastic, even science-fiction fantastic. So for all you positive thinkers, all you Twilight fans...don't mind me or this review. It's a fun, non-taxing, superduper quick read. Quirky. Not snobby NYC prep school; I mean, its Brooklyn, it's cool, his name is Dylan Fontaine for gosh sakes.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-10-11 00:00:00 Robert Decker In the beginning of this book was very boring, but when you get deeper into the book it gets more interesting. I recommend this book for 7-8 graders because it includes drugs in this book and some curse words. The book is about a 13-year-old having a unresponsible brother dealing drugs and him trying to help him cover up what his brother has done.