A review by iamnotacentipede
Hero: A Novel by Thomas Perry, Thomas Perry

2.5

This book was definitely one that I struggled to get into, for being less than 300 pages I would have thought that things would have been established more but this felt very much like a cheap action movie when reading it. 
The main character was likeable and the cat and mouse dynamic was entertaining, but even by the end of this book I felt like wanting more and didn't seem all that satisfying.
The evil "mastermind" behind the whole thing was very one note at best and even the hit-man felt almost cartoonish (he wasn't, but something about the way he was doing things just felt out of character for being a hardened criminal willing to kill anyone for money).

Also, the writing in this was lacking for me. Many scenes were not described very well and I had a hard time imagining what was going on because things just didn't seem to line up correctly to what was being described. In addition to that there were a few slang terms/phrases that seemed so old which was surprising to see in a novel published just last year.

Overall ending this on a 2.5 star read, there were moments that were enjoyable but honestly if I had missed out on this book I don't think it would have offered me much.