I really tried with this book. Really. I'm a big fan of Cassandra Gannon, whose books I discovered last year, and Yesterday's Heroes was written by her sister. The synopsis made me think of The Boys, one my favorite TV shows, so I was intrigued and pretty excited at the idea to read it. But gosh was I bored reading it.
I didn't care much about how this guy mentioned one time and who isn't relevant to the story at all is named Brussels Sprouts the Third and kidnapped puppies and made them fight cobras in an alligator farm. I didn't give a damn as well about what he is thinking, even less when his point of view was followed by many more in the same vein. It felt so superficial to me. Like all these characters had one job: info-dumping on the world-building. And gosh was the info-dumping thick at times, the size of a dwarf moon crashing into Pluto.
What also bothered me were the numbers of monologues the characters had in their heads or even conversing with others. It helped to understand them and know them, that's for sure, but it was really redundant at times. The worst of it was when the ML was introducing a bunch of characters in a row at the beginning and just listed all their history. It seemed like it would never end and I hated it. But what got on my nerves the most was the way the FL, a grown ass woman of 27 yo, was so naive and unknowing of so many basic things... She didn't seem to understand irony and sarcasm, or why some people would possibly search to avoid conflicts by attending meetings that always involved fights and arguments. If she had her moments, most of the time she was oblivious and lacked hindsight on a lot of things. Her relationship with the ML was also insta-lusty, which isn't my jam. However, he was the only saving grace in this book for me. I really liked him: he is grounded, rational and sarcastic and has been through a lot. Apart from his character, I didn't have a great time reading Yesterday's Heroes.
