The Last American Hero edition by Nicole Field Romance eBooks
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In the aftermath of the accident that revealed his identity, famous superhero Captain Hart has gone missing. His best friend Bruce waits anxiously for any sign of him, any clue as to where Leo Hart might have gone—even though he knows full well he's not the only one looking, and that it might be best for Leo to stay gone.
Then Leo returns, and Bruce starts to wonder whether it will be the good thing he expected it to be.
The Last American Hero edition by Nicole Field Romance eBooks
I saw The Last American Hero on NetGalley, and I liked Nicole Field’s The Shock of Survival, so I figured I’d check this one out. I wasn’t disappointed. More than one review has compared this story to April Daniel’s Dreadnought, and I’d go one step further and liken the two stories to being cousins. They both have trans protagonists. I’ve been trying to diversify my reading in the past year or so, and it’s so wonderful to read these touching stories that I may not have been exposed to otherwise.The Last American Hero is just a good story. It provides us a small glimpse into the life of a trans person and allows us to empathize. We also see thoughts and opinions on the nature of being heroic, and how perception can deify or demonize those that are different. Most of all, though, we get a fun story about what happens after a superhero thwarts an alien invasion.
Like, The Shock of Survival, Nicole tells the story we all want to hear after the villain is vanquished. For every story that you’ve finished, and wondered, “what happens next?” Nicole starts at that point, and we see what we’ve often wondered. The Last American Hero is a fun, fast read, and easily 4+ stars. And just so Nicole knows, #TeamCap.
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The Last American Hero edition by Nicole Field Romance eBooks Reviews
I feel like I need to add an extra disclaimer to my review on this book; beside my usual that I picked up this book off ReadingAlley for review and that this is my honest opinion, I feel that I should say that I am neither trans nor asexual, and that therefore I am not qualified to comment about how accurately, or otherwise, the story represents persons from those communities.
Yes, The Last American Hero is a story about a trans superhero, but make no mistake, there are two major protagonists in this book. Bruce, the sidekick who doesn't want to be a sidekick, is asexual but not aromantic, and there is a non-sexual romantic relationship explored in the book. As far as I can tell, this is handled delicately and with open honesty.
While I'm not really qualified to comment on those issues, I DO think I'm qualified to comment on superhero stories. I'm a major Marvel fangirl (#TeamLeaveWandaAlone) and a writer of fanfiction which, if I do say so myself, is pretty popular in the Marvel-centric parts of Tumblr and Ao3.
And this is where this book falls down a bit, for me, because it's not really a superhero story. That part of the story is sort of the side plot and frankly feels tagged on to the gender and sexuality exploration themes of the rest of the book.
It's a book that can't quite decide what it wants to be; having spent a lot of time on Tumblr and seen some of the more extreme social activism on the site, it feels like the author wrote a story and then asked Tumblr to beta-read it for political correctness. Which they did, but unfortunately they managed to take all the fun out of it at the same time. It reads like a story written by the Morality Police to teach people How To Behave In A Socially Acceptable Way Towards Minorities. And in doing so, it comes across as really heavy-handed.
And incidentally, for a book that's so keen on representation? Not one character clearly described as a person of colour, AND it fails to pass the Bechdel test.
Superheroes are supposed to be fun, they are supposed to deliver snappy one-liners while saving the world and their love interest at the same time. All The Last American Hero manages to deliver is a heavy load of angst and as such it was more Batman vs. Superman than The Avengers. If BvS was your jam, more power to you, but as I said before, I'm a Marvel fangirl.
I didn't hate it, and it's good to see better representation of minority genders and sexualities in ANY fiction. Even so, I can't give it more than three stars because I didn't really enjoy it either.
Disclaimer I received a copy of this book for review through ReadingAlley.
I saw The Last American Hero on NetGalley, and I liked Nicole Field’s The Shock of Survival, so I figured I’d check this one out. I wasn’t disappointed. More than one review has compared this story to April Daniel’s Dreadnought, and I’d go one step further and liken the two stories to being cousins. They both have trans protagonists. I’ve been trying to diversify my reading in the past year or so, and it’s so wonderful to read these touching stories that I may not have been exposed to otherwise.
The Last American Hero is just a good story. It provides us a small glimpse into the life of a trans person and allows us to empathize. We also see thoughts and opinions on the nature of being heroic, and how perception can deify or demonize those that are different. Most of all, though, we get a fun story about what happens after a superhero thwarts an alien invasion.
Like, The Shock of Survival, Nicole tells the story we all want to hear after the villain is vanquished. For every story that you’ve finished, and wondered, “what happens next?” Nicole starts at that point, and we see what we’ve often wondered. The Last American Hero is a fun, fast read, and easily 4+ stars. And just so Nicole knows, #TeamCap.
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