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fullmooneaters's review
4.0
I read this book in one sitting. I’m fairly new to the extreme horror genre and this story had me on the edge of my seat. I just kept wanting to know more and more about the antagonist and the fate of the main character. The ending was satisfactory and I felt like everything was wrapped up nicely. I enjoyed the underlying themes and can say for certain that I would read this again, but I would skip that one part, you know, with the gun, because it made me nauseous. But, that is kinda what I was looking for when I got into this genre, so I guess the authors did a good job with that. The only complaint I really have is that I felt the story deviated a bit towards the end and got a little more unrealistic, as I felt when the violence towards the other characters started it took away from the main interactions with the main character and the antagonist, and the extra violence just seemed a little overboard. If what was going on was a secret, the antagonist really just dug herself into a deeper hole towards the end. I also felt like a lot of the character development was rehashed instead of added upon, but it certainly was solid enough. Would recommend.
azeryk's review against another edition
4.0
Hero is brought to you by two modern day horror maestros - Wrath James White and J.F. Gonzalez - both of whom are known to bring edgy and original stories to print. This particular book was originally released as a hard-cover only four years ago and was been long out of print until Deadite Press decided to re-release it in a more affordable and easy to get form.
The book follows an elderly lady called Adelle, a former civil rights activist, who has a stroke and needs the constant care at home of a nurse. The lady put in change of Adelle's care is Natsinet, a young lady who doesn't see a lady needing help but the cause of her own childhood problems and goes on to torture Adelle.
The book is very well written and the authors have done a good job at making an evil and realistic female villain which moves the story along at a good pace. The story as a whole also does a good job at making you root for Adelle, you feel sorry for her when she's being tortured and want Natsinet to be found out.
If you pick up this book you won't want to put it down - brilliant.
The book follows an elderly lady called Adelle, a former civil rights activist, who has a stroke and needs the constant care at home of a nurse. The lady put in change of Adelle's care is Natsinet, a young lady who doesn't see a lady needing help but the cause of her own childhood problems and goes on to torture Adelle.
The book is very well written and the authors have done a good job at making an evil and realistic female villain which moves the story along at a good pace. The story as a whole also does a good job at making you root for Adelle, you feel sorry for her when she's being tortured and want Natsinet to be found out.
If you pick up this book you won't want to put it down - brilliant.
5hadow_girl's review against another edition
5.0
I read this for the second time this year.
This is another amazing book from WJW, but I could barely contain my anger while I was reading it!
An elderly civil rights activist is tortured beyond understanding by her newly hired, sadistic 'nurse'. If this wouldn't have been an electronic copy of the book, I'd have thrown it against the wall twenty times.
I love the heart of her neighbor - the neighborhood's king thug. Amazing human being.
Amazing book! Highly recommended.
This is another amazing book from WJW, but I could barely contain my anger while I was reading it!
An elderly civil rights activist is tortured beyond understanding by her newly hired, sadistic 'nurse'. If this wouldn't have been an electronic copy of the book, I'd have thrown it against the wall twenty times.
I love the heart of her neighbor - the neighborhood's king thug. Amazing human being.
Amazing book! Highly recommended.
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