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Rated 8.61 out of 10 Statistics
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Content Advisory
Occasional Sexual Content
Frequent Coarse Language
Frequent Violence
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Overall Rating: 8.611
Average Rating: 9.82 (Guests), 9.04 (Members)
Ranking: #1
Rating Count: 374 (326 Guests, 48 members)
1 indicates a weighted rating.
Synopsis
"Capes & Creepy Crawlies"
High school is miserable for Taylor. Despite the fact that her superpower is a little less conventional than super strength or shooting laser beams from her hands, she’s been holding on to a dream of becoming a superhero.
As she takes the plunge, however, things don’t go as planned. Taylor finds herself immersed in a world of black and gray morality, violence, rival factions and hard decisions.
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"A hero whose only allies are villains" permalink
When Taylor Hebert, bullied teenager, gets a superpower that gives her unparalleled command over all the creepy-crawly creatures of the world -- insects, spiders, worms, crabs -- she knows exactly what she wants to do: she wants to be a hero. She wants to help people, rescue people, stop criminals -- the opposite of the bullies at school who make her life a torment. She spends a few months getting…Read More
"You won't be able to sleep.. You'll be too busy reading!" permalink
Worm is a story about making hard chices, trying to do the right thing, and dealing with the consequences. Wheb Taylor gets superpowers, she thinks she'll get a heroic escape from her normal life. Instead she gets mistaken for a villain! When Taylor goes undercover to discover the mysterious backer of a local super powered gang, she becomes friends with them and learns disturbing secrets about…Read More
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