First, this is just a wonderfully compelling read -- outside of work, I have the attention span of a meth-addicted fruit fly, and I couldn't put this down once I started. “Hench is absolutely terrific! Please try your request again later. Free shipping for many products! And with social media and viral videos, she can control that appearance. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. This was an impromptu buddy-read and it couldn't have been more perfect. This is just the novel for 2020 in its complete and utter nihilism. I loved the snarky attitude, the sharp writing, and the whole concept. CONNECT WITH US. Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. The superheroes are revealed to not be so heroic, the villains, not so blackhearted, the support staff that make all tales of the 'supes' tick are revealed in all their glory. Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. I will buy it right now. In this economy? [the almost-lobotomy scene really had me squirming in my seat. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Book Summary A smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman discovers the greatest superpower - for good or ill - is a properly executed spreadsheet. Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel. “Hench is absolutely terrific! Being prepared to suspend disbelief enabled me to read Hench in two days. Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. Would recommend. At any rate, she is hired by the villain Electric Eel, not the best of employers, and when his latest caper attracts the attention of the hero Supercollider, Anna gets severely injured, collateral damage. You won’t be able to put this down, I know I couldn’t. Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. Working for a monster lurking beneath the surface of the world isn’t glamorous. We’ve got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. The collected data enables her to, in her words, “fuck with” superheroes’ lives, leading Anna to rise as a supervillain in her own right—one who wields data science as a super power. Science-fiction-fantasy, superheroes and villains is not my typical reading genre and this book is over 400 pages long. When a group of friends picked it for a buddy read I decided to take a walk down the sci-fi aisle, a place where I don’t spend much time. To the superhero a glancing blow is completely minor, but to physically-ordinary Natalie, it's a life-changing injury that leaves both her impaired, both physically and financially. Perhaps it was that old “do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life” bullshit. To see what your friends thought of this book. “This book is fast, furious, compelling, and angry as hell." The debut novel Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots was shortlisted for Canada Reads 2021. Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. Fei, thank goodness we have all kinds of books to see us through all kinds of days! Natalie Zina Walschots is a freelance writer, community manager and bailed academic based in Toronto. Unable to add item to List. The superheroes are revealed to not be so heroic, the villains, not so blackhearted, the support staff that make all tales of the 'supes' tick are revealed in all their glory. Such an interesting and unique concept I've never seen before! Anna, Hench’s narrator, assembles a similar spreadsheet, outlining the aggressions of real heroes in the world of the novel. We meet Anna when she is a temp worker as a hench, scrambling for jobs to keep her from eviction and calculating carefully how to afford enough vegetables to avoid scurvy. This synopsis is giving me Dr. Horrible vibes and I am HERE FOR IT. Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2020. Get ready for a delightfully twisted adventure that will make you want to root for the bad guys.” — Peng Shepherd, author of The Book of M "Witty and inventive . I actually liked the story more than I expected. Right up until an assignment lands her in the field and in the frontlines of a battle between her boss and a superhero. Working for a monster lurking beneath the surface of the world isn’t glamorous. The Boys meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman discovers the greatest superpower—for good or ill—is a properly executed spreadsheet. She is eventually hired by supervillain Leviathan to help him disrupt and destroy superheroes. one of my own biggest nightmares. Finally something different in SciFi. Natalie Zina Walschots’ debut novel Hench is both a razor-sharp deconstruction of the superhero genre as well as the best example of prose writing on the subject since Austin Grossman’s Soon I Will Be Invincible. Hench: A Novel. $27.99. But is it really worse than working for an oil conglomerate or an insurance company? But when she finally gets a promising assign. Nenia ✨️ I yeet my books back and forth ✨️ Campbell, All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. A smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman discovers the... Free Shipping on all orders over $10. Interestingly, most of us were under the impression that this would be a somewhat humorous look at the hench role--a sort of re-imagination, perhaps a humanized, [but a path from “pranks” to full-on body horror is a short one. She has done the math and determined that super-heroes cause endless amounts of damage and suffering, but somehow doesn't think to do the same calculation for her (literally and unabashedly) evil employer. “This book is fast, furious, compelling, and angry as hell." I was a bit unclear on why she chose the role of hench. Compelling, hilarious, and filled with rage, Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2020. She lives in a world where superheroes and villains are out in the open to the world. So if you like stories like this, you should grab it, otherwise stay away. I read it as part of the Canada reads finalist group of books, and it was in my top 2 of the 5. In this economy? “Sharp, unexpected, and hilarious—HENCH takes the classic superhero story and cleverly turns it on its head. All pretenses to virtue are mere posturing and bad faith - there's no such thing as real heroes, because being an actual hero is too hard to be achievable, so we might as well all be "honest" about our villainy. Start by marking “Hench” as Want to Read: Error rating book. And, to her horror, compared to the other bodies strewn about, she’s the lucky one. Please try again. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published There was a problem loading your book clubs. -- Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author. I was quite surprised that I enjoyed this book as much as I did n, The most famous and most thoughtful treatment of superheroes through a lens of disability is probably, [(initially disguised as a Deadpool-esque "disabled under his mask" situation, though the fact that the "mask" is his real body is not much of a twist, given that this is a superhero universe), [as they carry around a living slab of, well, human meat. It has its funny moments, but it deals with many more serious issues than I expected. Please enter a quantity. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. What if it was up to the villains to save the world from the heroes? There's a problem loading this menu right now. A novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption follows a young woman as she discovers that the greatest superpower--for good or evil--is a properly executed spreadsheet. . Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Hench : A Novel by Natalie Zina Walschots (2020, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! “Hench is absolutely terrific! @Wanda can relate! Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel. Buy a cheap copy of Hench: A Novel book by Natalie Zina Walschots. Right up there with best of so called sci-fi. Quantity. Finally, someone dares to ask (as I often do) when the superheroes do all that fighting, what happens to the cities that are razed, the civilians caught in the crossfire. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Hench A Novel (Book) : Walschots, Natalie Zina : A novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption follows a young woman as she discovers that the greatest superpower--for good or evil--is a properly executed spreadsheet. What an entertainingly and delightfully evil read! “Get ready to root for the bad guys.” -- Jennifer Estep. It was not opportune timing from me! Please try again. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel. The debut novel Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots was shortlisted for Canada Reads 2021. Could not put it down. Like Tweet Pin it Fancy. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel. What started out as a commentary on the millennial gig economy (because hey, villains need data entry and organization as well) quickly morphs into betrayal, scheming, mean vindictive pranks, inadvertent lol in horror and above all, loyalty. Description. Anna is a hench, which is basically an assistant to supervillains. The characters are interesting, surprising, and completely understandable. Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. Informed by the modern penchant for statistical analysis, marketing, data mining, gig economy, temp workers, and possibly influenced by the Amazon series "The Boys", Natalie Zina Walschots gives us, at last, the story of the villains and the hench folks that support their evil plans. “Hench is absolutely terrific! Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. It's got a great premise and the story is really interesting. by William Morrow. Anything else is mere self-delusion, so why not just cut loose our inner psychopath? “Fear accompanies the possibility of death. Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. Synopsis A smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman discovers the greatest superpower--for good or ill--is a properly executed spreadsheet. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Hench: a novel By Natalie Zina Walschots Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure stories, Bestsellers (Fiction) “ Hench is absolutely terrific! There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. It's not that the themes here are new -- I could name at least a good handful of books that explore the darker sides of heroes and the underpowered in a superpowered world (. “Hench is absolutely terrific! Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Please try again. Refresh and try again. Working for a monster lurking beneath the surface of the world isn’t glamorous. To create our... Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. I read this novel as it is a finalist in Canada Reads 2021. Well, that was and wasn't what I was expecting. Science-fiction-fantasy, superheroes and villains is not my typical reading genre and this book is over 400 pages long. Hench A Novel (eBook) : Walschots, Natalie Zina : This book is fast, furious, compelling, and angry as hell. Call it a satirical impulse if you like, but what the author of this amazing debut novel is arguing is that we live in a world so far beyond satire that even our fantasies have become meaner and more desperate. In the fantasy world of the plot, rage and a savage desire for revenge are seen as the only legitimate responses to a corrupt system. “ Hench is absolutely terrific! As a temp, she’s just a cog in the machine. We’d love your help. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel. A Deadly Education: A Novel (The Scholomance). However, web-serial Worm covered much of the same ground, better. It took a couple of chapters to adapt to the superhero genre, but after that, it was one of those books you can't wait to return to. A really good debut novel told from the POV of the hench of a supervillain, a data analyst hellbent on revenge when a superhero casually ruins her life. Lookin at you DC and Marvel!!!! Perhaps it was that old “do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life” bullshit. After Anna and other henches are injured in a failed child hostage situation she becomes obsessed with proving that superheroes actually cause harm to society. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. I actually liked the story more than I expected. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Hench : A Novel by Natalie Zina Walschots (2020, Trade Paperback, Large Type / large print edition) at the best online prices at eBay! readers interested in snarky humor, a descent into villainy & spreadsheet torture. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. We meet Anna when she is a temp worker as a hench, scrambling for jobs to keep her from eviction and calculating carefully how to afford enough vegetables to avoid scurvy. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Please say yes. The novel charts Anna's evolution from crackpot conspiracy theorist to arch-nemesis, and the quiet miracle of HENCH is that it manages to make the choice of embracing the dark side seem perfectly reasonable (organized evil sure does have good medical benefits). But it's well written and even though it was a mistake for me, I finished reading it. Anna is barely subsisting from temp job to temp job — even supervillains need someone to do their data entry — when she becomes collateral damage in a superhero’s intervention. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel. Hench A Novel Hench [sound recording] : a novel / Natalie Zina Walschots: title_short: Hench: title_sub: a novel: topic_facet: Fantasy Fiction Heroes Revenge Science Fiction Supervillains Temporary employees Thriller Villains . But is it really worse than working for an oil conglomerate or an insurance company? But is it really worse than working for an oil conglomerate or an insurance company? Free shipping for many products! This book is exactly what I wanted The Boys to be but was not: thoughtful, addictive, and most importantly upheld by a strong core of storytelling that was based around ideas of justice and vengeance AND included a diverse cast of not only people of color, but an array of genders and sexual identities (the Auditor might be my new favorite Disaster Bi). I loved this book. Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the hands of a hero is far from unique. You will never look at super heroes or super villains the same way again. One can see that the line betwee. We are supposed to identify with the first-person narrator and her ability to destroy people's lives through the use of data bases and a huge corporate structure run by a super-villain, because reasons, and they deserve it. She is the author of two books of poetry. 2020-10-15: "I am beginning to work on a sequel to Hench, hoping one will take shape", I'm not saying I was looking for lifestyle alternatives. Because the key to everything is data: knowing how to collate it, how to manipulate it, and how to weaponize it. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel. As she becomes an increasingly valuable lieutenant, she might just save the world. If you love a good superhero read this is definitely not for you. I hope there is a sequel. While I can watch superhero movies for 2 hours of mindless entertainment I don’t think that I have ever read about super heroes and villains before, and I probably won’t again. And in Natalie Zina Walschots' debut novel Hench, she examines what happens when the ability to calculate the human cost of disaster is coupled … You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. As a temp, she’s just a cog in the machine. She writes everything from reviews of science fiction novels and interviews with heavy metal musicians to to in-depth feminist games criticism and pieces of long-form journalism. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC… What started out as a commentary on the millennial gig economy (because hey, villains need data entry and organization as well) quickly morphs into betrayal, scheming, mean vindictive pranks, inadvertent lol in horror and above all, loyalty. The protagonist is bi, one hero is mentioned as a trans woman, others have same sex partners or use they/them. September 22nd 2020 Audio CD, Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged, Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2020, You know a book is good when you put it down after finishing a four-hour marathon read from beginning to end and simply go, “Wow.”. Although right at the beginning of pandemic, I read World War Z. Hench is a novel by Natalie Zina Walschots. It's just flat-out fun, provided your sense of humor runs a bit dark. I'll give 3 points because it's written really well and excitingly. 3.5 stars. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel. Well, that was and wasn't what I was expecting. Natalie temps for various B-list supervillains, doing the work behind the scenes that no-one pays attention to. A sharp, witty, modern debut, Hench explores the individual cost of justice through a fascinating mix of Millennial office politics, heroism measured through data science, body horror, and a profound misunderstanding of quantum mechanics. Is there going to be a sequel? It’s not too long before she’s employed once more, this time by one of the worst villains on earth. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Visit Amazon's Natalie Zina Walschots Page, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Plays with conventions. Definitely only for people who like stories about superheroes and villains. Within the superhero world there are top tier and lower tier heroes and villains as well. Hench: A Noveland millions of other books are available for instant access. Plus, as someone who leveraged her back-door access to a SQL database into providing the small company she worked for with a wealth of information about their own operation that they wouldn’t otherwise have had, I was intrigued by the reference to “weaponized data”. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called “hero” leaves her badly injured. “ Hench is absolutely terrific! A sharp, witty, modern debut, Hench explores the individual cost of justice through a fascinating mix of Millennial office politics, heroism measured through data science, body horror, and a profound misunderstanding of quantum mechanics. I had no real idea of what to expect with this book. Also, simply skimming over the eagerness of normal/nice people to hire on as henchmen to villains - especially in light of severe OSHA violations, poor health plans, and likely serious injury or death - seemed lazy (and at times distracting). Anna’s unique point of view brings forward the fallout, one rarely thanks about: the collateral damage that super heroes wreak when ‘saving’ the world. Calm shepherds its certainty.”, Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2020). In this economy? Omg this is a novel about a supervillain's henchwoman. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called “hero” leaves her badly injured. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel. When people start listening to the story that her data tells, she realizes she might not be as powerless as she thinks. “Hench is absolutely terrific! “Hench is absolutely terrific! $27.99. Hench A Novel (Book) : Walschots, Natalie Zina : A novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption follows a young woman as she discovers that the greatest superpower--for good or evil--is a properly executed spreadsheet. Informed by the modern penchant for statistical analysis, marketing, data mining, gig economy, temp workers, and possibly influenced by the Amazon series "The Boys", Natalie Zina Walschots gives us, at last, the story of the villains and the hench folks that support their evil plans. You will never look at super heroes or super villains the same way again. At any rate, she is hired by the villain Ele. By tallying up the human cost these caped forces of nature wreak upon the world, she discovers that the line between good and evil is mostly marketing. It turns out when you run the numbers, heroes are just plain bad for the world, and aren't really distinguishable from the villains, except for the PR. And, to her horror, compared to the other bodies strewn about, she’s the lucky one. Walschots has found a fresh, original, feminist angle on the tropes of superheroes and supervillains in this smart, lively novel.
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