Oh no, I hadn't thought of that possibility. Surely everyone will love the book and Simon as much as I do?
One reason I am looking forward to the reported next book in the universe is the presumption that we will see Simon from someone else's POV which is always interesting.
Hell's Heart was super ambitious and made me remember how delightful The Affair of the Mysterious Letter was when I first came across that. I was crazy about it for the first 25% or so and could not quite sustain that through the whole thing. It's not like it went wrong, it just did not feel quite so specifically designed to appeal to me as the beginning did. Which is fine, I'm a very niche audience! And probably at least partially because I never read Moby Dick in an academic setting so I'm sure there are themes and resonances and literary whatnots that were just over my head. And some of the stylistic choices I like in theory but in practice kicked me out of the story more than anything. Still a very enjoyable read, don't get me wrong, I just started out *very* high on it and ended just an ordinary amount of into it.