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Bob Moore: No Hero (2000)

by Tom Andry(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

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Paranormal Fantasy

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Bob Moore

review 1: One of the other reviewers started off with "entertaining light read" and those are three words that I think describe it well.A Private detective who works with the "supers" the super hero beings that walk the world. It's an entertaining premise, I kept thinking if it like "Rock Slyde" starring Patrick Warburton. I could totally imagine it as a mini-series that I would watch, because I'm the sort of person who watches sci-fi mini-series.It's funny world building, about trying to investigate people who can hurl fire balls at you, or disappear at will. Petty fights, alter-egos, sidekick jealousy, super hero naming companies. There's a lot of fodder to make fun of the super-hero business with.
review 2: I'm wavering between four and five stars for this one. I'v... moree settled on five, but don't think it's perfect. As others (including the author) have noted, the book is a little short and skips over a two week period that I think it could have benefited from. There are some areas that could be tightened up or polished, but, the fact is, it's a damn fun read. Bob Moore is no hero, he's just a private dick making a few bucks in a world filled with super heroes and villains. It's clear that Andry is fond of the hard boiled detective, and Moore hits a lot of the right notes. Andry's prose doesn't have the same lyrical cleverness or wit that some of his precursors had, but he gets the attitude right. Moore is jaded and cynical and just the right amount of sketch. He's no hero, but he's not a villain, either. He walks that gray line that any good private dick does. He helps out the people who need helping, but he's not above a little shutter work to catch a cheating partner. Like most of the classic shamuses that came before, he's follows his own code of justice. The story itself is decent--the diminutive length and small cast of characters makes it easy to see the end coming. If we'd seen more of Moore's investigation and been introduced to more of the supes that inhabit the world, Andry could have seeded a few red herrings and mapped out some extra twists, which would have been nice. As it is, I'd love to see Andry turn this into something bigger, someday. For someone like me, who loves comic books and pulp detectives, this was a real treat. less

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