Hero

Hero by Perry Moore

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I ended up pounding through this book in a day, which isn't much because it's a pretty easy read. I found it quite enjoyable - having the mix of a coming-of-age gay teenage boy story mixed with the overarcing campiness of a Golden Age comic story. I loved it, but I do have a few quibbles, and that's why it's not getting five stars. First, there were things I wanted explained further or fleshed out more that weren't. Particularly the history between Thom's dad and Justice. I wanted to know more about why Justice finally snapped and wound up mind-controlling his entire team. Thom's mother and where she'd been for so many years also left me with questions.

I also wanted more interaction between Goran and Thom. That stuff was amazing and really very sweet, but there wasn't enough of it. I wanted to learn more about Goran, but what propelled me through the story was hoping to find more scenes with Thom and Dark Hero (I mean, it was very obvious right from the start that Goran was Dark Hero, but I don't fault the narrative for that, because it was meant for a younger audience. And also because it's got its foot in the Golden Age era, where that stuff was also really transparent). The two prior quibbles are understandable because the book's from Thom's perspective, so he's not privy to this kind of information, but with the Goran and Thom interactions - there could have been a lot more.

None of this really takes away from the story as a whole, though. It just probably would have been even better if it had a few more pages.



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