Match BookThe Never Hero
T. Ellery Hodges
2014 · 415 pages · Fantasy
How it reads
The Never Hero is fantasy (portal fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are redemption, identity and friendship. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It opens a series. The ending resolves happily. At 415 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a hidden gem — known to relatively few readers.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
- you want dense, lingering prose
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- fantasy
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- early career
- Setting: place
- fictional world
- Setting: time
- timeless or multiple
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- third person, one viewpoint
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- hidden gem
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Themes
- redemption, identity, friendship
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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