A review by kitcat1505
Hero by Michael Grant

3.0

As soon as I got to the last couple of pages, I knew there was far too much unresolved for so few pages. I began to dread the end, and I was sad that my dread was warranted. I feel as though Grant wrote a tv show ending in a book. The end of Gone was so satisfying, even though it was bittersweet, and this just felt like he gave up writing a cohesive ending, and it was almost as though he admitted it too! I wish that there had been more time to develope Simone and I felt as though Francis really fell to the wayside as a character, and became more of an object than a person. She jumped in kinda last minute in Villain, and I was excited to really learn about her. I suppose that sometimes character building is sacrificed a bit when there is such a large cast of characters, but I was still kinda sad. I will say that Dekka and Shade really stood out as characters, especially Dekka taking on the leadership role and dealing with the tough decisions. I guess I was just so hoping for more. It didn't have to be wrapped up in a neat little bow, so to say, considering that Gone ended with Drake on the lam, but more than just what felt like an abrupt end.
And I understand that he was giving people the freedom to take the characters in their own hands, but honestly, people would do that anyway! I even wrote a fanfic long ago about a character in the FAYZ. Grant doesn't need to create characters with open-ended fates for people to have something to write about. The world he creates is a great enough setting for the basis of fanfic. I wish he had perhaps wrapped up his charactet's stories a bit better and left the world to be explored.