Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron: The Junior Novel

by Chris Wyatt

Following the record-shattering successes of Marvel's The Avengers in 2012, The Avengers must reassemble on the big screen to combat the robotic menace of Ultron! Marvel's Age of Ultron is set for US release on May 1, 2015.

Acclaimed writer/director Joss Whedon and producer Kevin Feige return, along with the all-star cast of Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Chris Evans (Steve Rogers/Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow) and Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton/Hawkeye). They are joined by Emmy Award- winner James Spader ( Lincoln , The Blacklist ) as Ultron.

Genres: Superheroes, Childrens, Young Adult, Marvel, Adventure, Middle Grade, Fiction

132 pages, Paperback

First published April 7, 2015

About the author

Christopher Aaron Wyatt, sometimes credited as Chris "Doc" Wyatt is an American film producer, writer, and second unit director.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_W...

Reviews

[Suzzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yeah…I’m one of those Marvel & DC fans that get way too into the characters and battles. I liked reliving Age of Ultron for a couple hours. Now I have to go to my Vudu and watch the movie again for more times than I care to admit online!

My quick and simple overall: fun and quick read.

[Ivy · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 🌟

The movie novelization was very good. Liked that the team was together again. Glad they were able to stop Hydra. Hope they will be able to stop Ultron. Wish that the novelization was for the whole movie. Looking forward to seeing the Avengers again.

[Patty · Rating 2 out of 5]

Source: Library

At the time that I requested this from my library I didn't realize it was a "Junior Novel", I saw Avengers and I automatically requested it. However, this was really a disappointment.

[Rick Silva · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Kiddo's cousin loaned this to him. They're both fans of all things MCU, so he was excited to check it out. I read it aloud to him.

Apparently, "Junior Novel" means "contains less than half of the story".

This does do a nice job of fleshing out some details and giving some interesting insights into the film, but the writing on the action sequences felt flat, and there was a lot of tell-rather-than-show.

The book ended in what felt like a very awkward spot in the movie plot, and the epilogue that was really just a summary of the next scene, which there wasn't room to include, didn't help matters.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

62 - 2021

[Hunter · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like it

[Dale · Rating 2 out of 5]

Where is the other half of this book? (A review of the audiobook)

Published by Marvel Press and Blackstone Audio on April 10 of 2015.
Read by Tom Taylorson
Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes.
Unabridged.

This is my third audiobook of a junior novelization of a movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They adhere closely to the movies, have all been well-read, easy to listen to and, on the whole, quite enjoyable.

But, this one is troubling because it only covers half of the movie. Literally, this audiobook is about half of the length of the other audiobooks as well. If you have seen the movie, it only goes to the fight scene in the ship that is being harvested for scrap metal and it alludes to the Iron Man/Hulk fight scene. That's it.

Up to that point, it's an enjoyable audiobook. Reader Tom Taylorson does a very good job with the different voices of the Avengers, especially Thor. He also does an especially good job with the voice of Ultron - sometimes he sounds exactly like James Spader who voices him in the movie.

The problem is that this is only half of the movie is in this audiobook.

It probably stems from the fact that...

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[Kimberly R · Rating 2 out of 5]

As Tony Stark said in that scene in Iron Man 3, when the rest of his suit was delayed in getting from Tennessee to Florida, "where's the rest?!?!"

[John Michael Strubhart · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I am more a fan of DC Comics, I must say that Marvel Studios has frequently outdone DC and Warner Brothers Studios with their respective franchises. Where Marvel does not shine is in movie novelizations. I enjoy movie novelizations because there are no issues with mumbling actors and ambiguous cinematography. This novel, written for youngsters, reads like a series of facebook posts. There are more exclamation points than I could count and the scene depictions are very dry. There is very little insight into the characters, their thoughts and their feelings. Basically, Mr. Wyatt wrote down what he saw on the screen and heard on the speakers. I do like the attractive layout and format of the book and the movie stills are a plus. However, personally, I would never recommend this book to a young reader - I don't care how bored he or she is with reading. I don't think it would encourage reading at all. The best thing I can say about this book is that the hardcover version is less expensive than the kindle version, it's pretty and would look nice on a bookshelf and I now know all the dialogue despite mumbling actors.

[Simon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written in a much milder way than the visual portrayal of the film, though the dialogue was nearly exact. I enjoy Ultron's characterization, his ability to be sharp with wit and dry unamused humor while ammassing the means to be this global threat and only able to be defeated by the combined efforts of the Avengers and the Supernatural forces of other dimensions and worlds through the physicalization of Vision and Jarvis melding together.

[Realityruinedmylife · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book that I could complete in one sitting. I liked the book a lot. I haven't watched the movie yet but the scenes have played out correctly and precisely in my mind. Everything from the fight scenes to the party scene.
The author definitely kept the story on point without any extra and probably useless information. It was short and should I say crisp?
Enjoyed it a lot. I am still not sure if I should watch the movie or not?

[ElsaMakotoRenge · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is quite literally only about half the movie. I really do not understand why Disney/Marvel publishes junior novelizations of movies and then only includes half the story. I don’t mean details being cut out to keep the length down for kids, just...ending on a cliffhanger point in the plot. I wasn’t surprised since I have seen this before, but it’s still a weird decision to me.

Anyways! What story there is here was a quick fun read, but it’s not the whole movie or even close to it.

[Kian Moe · Rating 5 out of 5]

GREAT, BOOK. I love how this book is so descriptive. I picked up on a lot of things that I didn't in the movie... In fact i just got another book of this type today!!! "Captain America: The Winter Soldier". I recommend this book to anyone with even a tiny interest in Marvel or DC or superheroes...READ THIS!!!

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very crap movie novel. Yes, it expanded on a few scenes and characters but honestly, it skipped over so much and to make it even worse, ended on a cliffhanger. It doesn't even cover the second half of the movie!

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was okay. I felt it could have been better. As an adult of 24 I had trouble getting into it because it just felt slow. If it feels slow to me then how are kids and teens going to feel. It could have been better. It didn't have much emotion or feel to it and it did the movie no justice.

[The Brothers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Asher (11yo) read. "Really cool. I really want to watch the movie."

[CraftyChara · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 It's only half of the story.

[Rayjan Koehler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Haven't watched the movie or anything- so can't accurately compare it. However I find this to be a well written Junior Novel.

[Alex Shrugged · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a book for young teens. The writing is competent. The story is quick. No modesty problems that I recall.

I will not read this book again.

[anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

why do the marvel junior novels only have half of the movie-

[aCupcakeBlonde · Rating 3 out of 5]

WHY ARE THESE ONLY HALF THE STORY???

[Bill Molchany · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great addition to the Marvel series.

[Jay DeMoir · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointed.
This didn’t even cover the whole film

[A. Nixon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting read. Now, I've seen the movie so it was nice to recognize some of my favourite lines and moments of the movie as being in this book.

I would have liked if the story covered more of the movie but I understand that it needed to be shortened so it wasn't intimitating to younger readers (there is a lot in the movie!). I think this could easily be "part 1" to have a second or longer book that covers the whole movie. That said, it sums it all up nicely and ends at a good point.

I do love how the author referred to the characters as their codenames (and Maria Hill as "Hill") because that just makes so much more sense. And Black Widow is appropriately bad-ass! Lovely to see.

[Holli · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked it okay, but it was really meh. It's an incomplete story, leaving the reader hanging. Novelizations of movies are supposed to be this very thing: the movie in novel form. With the beginning, middle, and end of the movie they are supposed to be from. I've read enough of them to know that's how they go. They might not necessarily follow the movie exactly, but they are complete. This book was a disappointment to the extreme.

[Mya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book! But...I didn't think it was much like the movie. The book skipped almost half of the movie witch I was upset about. It also skipped a lot of the action. It made me so sad when Hawkeye got shot! Then he got better, so I wash happy again. The book talks a lot about when the Avengers are fighting Pietro, Wanda, and Hydra. Not when they are fighting Ultron.

[Sagan · Rating 2 out of 5]

4yo was really disappointed it ends at the middle of the movie. There is no indication in the blurb it's only half a story.

[Marty · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was very good just didn't complete the whole story, it ends weirdly. But overall pretty well done.

[Melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really don't understand why this book doesn't finish the story, but what I read was really good, really close to the movie. Too bad it's not complete.

[Rosie · Rating 2 out of 5]

The WORST junior novel I had come across and I've read a few of these over the years. Originally thought that they might write from Ultron's POV. But no. Terrible. Avoid. Donated my copy to charity.