▁gay ▁new sm ag azine ▁app la ud ed ▁Moore ' s ▁original ▁super h ero ▁characters ▁and ▁Moore ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁avoid ▁making ▁Thom ▁Cre ed ▁an ▁out cast . ▁The ▁review ▁also ▁pointed ▁to ▁w itt ily - written ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁Thom ▁m ast urb ating ▁to ▁Internet ▁por n , ▁coming ▁out ▁to ▁his ▁father , ▁and ▁his ▁first ▁kiss . ▁" But ▁otherwise ▁his ▁play - by - play ▁writing ▁style ▁can ▁seem ▁a ▁bit ▁cho ppy , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁story ' s ▁more ▁po ign ant ▁moments ," ▁the ▁review ▁noted . ▁Nevertheless , ▁" H ero ▁is ▁a ▁quick , ▁at ▁times ▁shall ow , ▁but ▁satisfying ▁novel , ▁the ▁kind ▁we ▁all ▁wanted ▁while ▁growing ▁up ▁and ▁hopefully ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁genre ▁of ▁young ▁adult ▁literature ." ▁In ▁a ▁very ▁brief ▁review , ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁called ▁the ▁book ▁" p ul py " ▁but ▁with ▁good ▁p unch , ▁and ▁r ated ▁it ▁an ▁A - minus . ▁ ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁app la ud ed ▁the ▁book ▁for ▁its ▁subject ▁matter ▁and ▁for ▁expand ing ▁the ▁genre ▁of ▁gay ▁literature ▁into ▁super h ero ▁fant asy . ▁But ▁ultimately , ▁the ▁review ▁noted , ▁" the ▁novel ▁miss es ▁its ▁mark , ▁with ▁an ▁abund ance ▁of ▁two - dimensional ▁characters ▁and ▁cont riv ed ▁situations . ▁... ▁While ▁some ▁may ▁be ▁glad ▁to ▁see ▁a ▁gay ▁hero ▁come ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁clos et ▁just ▁in ▁time ▁to