Umbrella Academy, and that evil monument.

‘nuff said.

What? You want to know more? Fine.



The story is about a weird event, in which many non-pregnant women gave birth to babies. Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a globally renowned scientist and a space alien, seek to adopt those babies and got a hold on seven of them. When asked for the reason of his action, he said that he did it “to save the world, of course”, and proceeded to call his team of super powered adopted kids 'The Umbrella Academy'. "From what", the citizen of the book and the readers shall wonder. Sir Spacealien makes an asshole-ly father, which doesn’t give us much of a wonder when his dysfunctional adopted sons and daughters grow into adults with a lot of issues. Despite the obstacles, the kids (and then, adults) manage to save the world from hostile Eiffel tower, a psycho sick evil scientist with Eisenstein syndrome, evil orchestra band, and lastly themselves.

I pick the book up in a bookstore solely because I like the book’s name (“Umbrella Academy?”). The story makes about as much sense as the name. It makes sense in its own way even if it can be a bit surreal sometimes. What is it, is a quirky title with a lot of details (many of which doesn’t have any explanation until the later book), unexpected twists, interesting dialogues, neat art that works amazingly well with the story.



P.S.
I have read the second one in the series, ‘Dallas’ already, and I love it. I would say that if you didn’t dig it the first time, you probably still don’t. If you like the first one, I bet you already have ‘Dalls’ or plan on buying it.

Also, if you suspect that your country’s monument is up to something, it is probably up to something.

-by your sincerely book addicted [written during a peaceful Saturday's afternoon after a week with too much work.]