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Where Are Those Sokovian Accords When You Need Them

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

February 4, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Hmm this was definitely highly recommended by a number of people, but it ended up falling flat for me. I thought a lot while reading it as to why that was, and I think the conclusion is this: the motivations of the various characters, both primary and secondary, never seemed to resonate in a way that made me root for their successes. Anna/The Auditor, the titular Hench, works temp jobs doing data entry for supervillains. She’s all about The Data, in a way that reads […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Data, Natalie Zina Walschots, superheros

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Data, Natalie Zina Walschots, superheros ·
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Data analysis beats superpowers!

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

January 25, 2021 by Nart 4 Comments

This book is kind of like if Office Space and Better Off Ted were written into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and it is perfection. And from a fellow Canadian! Plot: villains get their staff same as any other major corporation, through temp agencies. Anna is a temp that does data entry work for villains. She doesn’t care about who they are, she just needs to pay rent. That is, until a chance encounter with a hero leaves her very badly injured, and real mad. Stuck […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Natalie Zina Walschots

Nart's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Natalie Zina Walschots ·
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