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atlantisfrost's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Fun, light read. Great character building; their friendship is the highlight of the book. Really picked up toward the ending. A few grammatical errors/typos in the ebook.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood and Alcohol
ejthephoenix's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
This book is super special and really funny. It's about two extraordinary people who become the best of friends and how they learn that they can choose who they are. I loved all the characters in the book and the plot was a little confusing but I loved it as well. I wanted to read this book because I'm a huge fan of Marvel and I love superheroes. It did not disappoint. This book makes me want to read more Superhero novels! :D
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol
Minor: Grief, Mental illness, Death, and Blood
nebulasaurus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The Narrator for the Audiobook, sadly, does not do great male impressions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
sarah984's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This was a fun little popcorn movie of a book about a hero and villain with superpowers who meet by chance at a memory loss support group meeting. I noticed a few typos and I think the plot started to unravel a bit towards the end with a lot of revelations all at once (and the way things went down with the cop was kind of wishy-washy) but overall I enjoyed my time with this one. The characters weren't super deep but they were fun to watch and for the most part the action and comedy balanced well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Car accident, and Dementia
beingsimba's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I don't know what the word is for 'extremely pragmatic bank robber,' but that's me.
Need a quick, fun read about likeable anti-heroes gaining each other's trust to form a wonderfully platonic relationship while digging into who they were and who they are? This is your book!
Need a quick, fun read about likeable anti-heroes gaining each other's trust to form a wonderfully platonic relationship while digging into who they were and who they are? This is your book!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, and Violence
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
thereadingrambler's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Alcoholism, and Medical content
aerialcataloger's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Alcoholism
booksthatburn's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“A superhero and a super villain meet in AA and decide to team up” is a remarkably simple and excellent premise, brilliantly told and nearly flawlessly executed in WE COULD BE HEROES. Their changing relationship feels really natural, with a lot of give-and-take of trust and information, slowly building into a finale where I was on the edge of my seat to find out what would happen.
Above all else this book is fun. Yes, there’s danger (sometimes a lot of danger), and the stakes are really huge for the characters, but watching them was an adventure. The way they went about their heroics and their villainy totally fit their personalities and helped tell me more about them, long before they were explaining themselves to each other. It’s heartfelt and earnest without being sappy. The main characters are vibrant and very distinct from each other, they have totally different ways of seeing the world and it was really easy to track who was who. I liked the way their individual goals fit into their eventual shared goal without feeling like either of them completely changed just to suit the plot.
I love this and I’d happily read more in this setting if it ever gets a sequel, but it’s very satisfying as a stand-alone superhero story.
Above all else this book is fun. Yes, there’s danger (sometimes a lot of danger), and the stakes are really huge for the characters, but watching them was an adventure. The way they went about their heroics and their villainy totally fit their personalities and helped tell me more about them, long before they were explaining themselves to each other. It’s heartfelt and earnest without being sappy. The main characters are vibrant and very distinct from each other, they have totally different ways of seeing the world and it was really easy to track who was who. I liked the way their individual goals fit into their eventual shared goal without feeling like either of them completely changed just to suit the plot.
I love this and I’d happily read more in this setting if it ever gets a sequel, but it’s very satisfying as a stand-alone superhero story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Drug use
CW for drug use (backstory), alcoholism, blood, gun violence, violence, major character death, death.
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