Overall, the story was kind of bland. I was expecting more with the growing popularity of the Marvel movies and the overall popularity of the comics.

Marvel's Captain America: Sub Rose isn't a comic/graphic novel but more a book, which I still enjoyed.

I am not particularly a fan of superhero 'novels'. It was a bit too bland for my taste. There was way too much dialogue that disrupted the plot of the book

I was approved for this book on NetGalley last year, but that was before I really got into reviewing books. So I have finally gotten around to reviewing it.

There have been many successful novelizations of graphic novels lately, so I was excited to read one of Captain America. I don’t think this story worked as a novel.

There were many action scenes that would have been amazing if they were illustrated. They were quite wordy in this story, and became boring and tedious to read. These should have been a little shorter or less descriptive. That may have made it more entertaining.

There were also a number of proofreading errors that were hard to ignore, including words missing or spelled wrong. This is a simple issue that could have been avoided with careful editing.

My main issue with this story was that nothing happened. Captain America had to just protect a woman, and he had a few fights with the men going after her. I think this was a waste of his talents. He was pretty much a bodyguard, and the story read like the story of a bodyguard. If something else happened, rather than Steve Rogers bringing a woman around to different safe houses, it would have been much better.

This is not a graphic novel. It’s a chapter book more ideal for young readers in the 10-14 age group. Granted anyone can really read it, but based on the formatting and language it comes off as more for young readers than little children.

The story was intriguing enough that I got over it not being a graphic novel.

Rating 3 out of 5
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I approached this book with trepidation after being less than impressed with the other two volumes in this 'series': <a href="http://lookingforagoodbook.com/2016/10/28/marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-castaways-david-mcdonald/" target="_blank">Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Castaways</a> and <a href="http://lookingforagoodbook.com/2016/08/02/thor-dueling-with-giants-keith-r-a-decandido/" target="_blank">Marvel's Thor: Dueling With Giants</a>. My caution was confirmed. This book is a bit better than "Castaways" but not quite as interesting as "Dueling With Giants."

Here, Captain America is asked to look after the niece of Maria Hill ... a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Hill's niece developed a computer program and now she's being threatened. But walking around in his Captain America costume would draw attention, and so it is Steve Rogers who does the babysitting.

This book suffers from the same issues that plagued the other two mentioned above. Dull, lifeless, and the known characters don't seem much like those we've come to know through the comics or the movies. Rogers/Cap acts like the jocks that used to pick on him when he was a scrawny kid. He also never seems comfortable around the computer genius, Katherine. Surely this was intended to be a relationship in the making with hero and damsel skirting the sexual tension between them. But for this reader, it never works.

Katherine has no character. She's a stereotypical computer nerd, and then she's the stereotypical young woman being pursued by bad guys. Cap has no interest in her, and for good reason, but it also means there's not much to the story.

This is a case of way too much narrative. We're told almost everything and get to experience almost nothing. Instead of being pulled in to a story - and a book based on a comic book superhero and a movie action thriller hero, we should very much be drawn in to this story - we are told to sit back while a story is explained. This is not the way to get teens interested in reading and not a particularly good way to get the older, more dedicated comic book fans to follow along.

I'm disappointed that this was such a dud. I really have liked a number of comic book hero-to novel adaptations and would have loved to have added this to my list of interesting comic-related books.

Looking for a good book? <em>Marvel's Captain America: Sub Rosa</em> by David McDonald is not a particularly good substitute for the adventurous comics or the thrilling movies.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

I wasn't expecting an actual novel. It was hard for me to make the jump from graphic novel to movie to prose novel.