Hero

In a world filled with superheroes, Thom longs to be one. In a world filled with heterosexuals, Thom doesn't fit. Only... But... So many things stand in the way of his dreams, but Thom's going after them, and if he has to lie a couple of times, that's the price of getting what you want.

The bad: Yup, Thom lies to a lot of people, including his dad. Also, we are privy to Thom's masturbation life (once), something I certainly didn't want to read about. And his first kiss, which he quite freely gives to an unknown guy. And did we really need 3 pages devoted to every detail? Hmmm, no. And then there's swearing.

The good: Yeah, Thom lies, which I'm not excusing, but I think the point is that he shouldn't have to. He shouldn't have to fear people's unfounded judgement, and yet he quite reasonably does.

My view: I enjoyed the writing, and the story was a cool idea. No, it wasn't a super original idea and it had it's fallacies, but it was cleverly written. But the detailed descriptions of Thom sexual life was just too much for me.