Hench
Book description
"This book is fast, furious, compelling, and angry as hell." -Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author
The Boys meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman…
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2 authors picked Hench as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book haunted me for days after I read it, and I mean that in the best possible way. The story of a henchwoman's rise to power, it's a searing indictment of superheroes that also manages to be an incredibly gripping read. Anna is both deeply sympathetic and full of highly understandable rage, and her struggle against the local "heroes" is more exciting than any superhero movie I've seen in years. I stayed awake until 3 a.m. reading it the first time, even though I had work in the morning, and I'm still itching for Walschots to write a sequel.…
From Jenniffer's list on side characters who got their own stories.
The second I read about Hench, I knew it was the book of my dreams. Hench is about Anna, a floating temp doing back-office admin work for criminals and, eventually, supervillains. I mean, come on: ‘nuff said. But this book delivers far beyond its (absolutely delicious) premise and ends up being a meditation on the power of data, and its analysis and manipulation, in shaping our views about good vs. evil, and the radicalization of bored millennials. It’s also really funny. It’s great.
From Maxine's list on for NPCs at heart.
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