The Wrenchies

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"Sherwood and Orson should never have gone into that cave. That day, a door was opened from our world into a dark and profane realm...and earth's destiny was changed forever. In this demented future, whatever life remains on earth is oppressed by the evil shadowsmen. Only a gang of ruthless and powerful children called the Wrenchies can hope to stand against them. When Hollis, a lonely boy from our world, is magically given access to the future world of the Wrenchies, he finally finds a place he belongs. But it is not an easy world to live in, and Hollis's quest is bigger than he ever dreamed of."--From publisher's web site.

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Cool art, terrible story. submitted by eknapp on October 2, 2015, 8:58am I always get burned by impulse purchase books, but every year or two I see a shiny pretty cover, I'm stricken by sudden-onset selective amnesia, and I get burned once again. This was my 2015 when-will-I-learn moment.

The storyline is a confused mashup of standard fantasy quest plot points, told in the clumsiest way imaginable. Something about a ruined world populated by children who fight zombies and demon-bugs There's a magic amulet with useless heroes inside it who mostly just die a lot. There's a wizard in a coma who's sort of responsible and he must be rescued. Or killed. Whatever. There's a fat nerd from Earth who wears a superhero costume; he's important, though it's not clear why.

Worst dialogue I've ever read. I suspect Farel Dalrymple is an ambitious ten year old; maybe he'll do good things one day. This is not that day.

I do like the simple art and the muted color scheme. But that didn't stop me from praying for the book to end so that I could just...be...done already.