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zoidberg684's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
adimaria129's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
abhijeetgaiha's review
2.0
Reading this volume is often an exercise in frustration, much like putting together a jigsaw without having the overall picture to guide you along the way. The overall story is completely disjointed because it spans 5 (or 6?) different titles. More than once, we actually jump back in time on switching titles. There is a good story in there, somewhere, if you have the patience and the skill to piece together this particular jigsaw in your head as you read along. If you do manage that, there are moments of brilliance in this book that make it worthwhile.
abhijeetgaiha's review against another edition
3.0
There is a great Batman story in there somewhere, something deserving of more than 3 stars. Unfortunately, it is surrounded by a significant amount of filler material stretching to almost a third of the book. This bumps it down to the aforementioned 3 star rating. Filler material is the bane of many a Batman tale, which is why the absolute best tend to be one-shots or mini series like [b:Batman: Year One|59980|Batman Year One|Frank Miller|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327940389s/59980.jpg|2501570] or [b:Batman: The Dark Knight Returns|59960|Batman The Dark Knight Returns|Frank Miller|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327892039s/59960.jpg|1104159].
lannnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaa's review
3.0
It was a disappointing conclusion to me after Bruce Wayne Murderer?
I felt as though the story wrapped up much earlier than the book ended and it was a scramble to make it seem it longer
I felt as though the story wrapped up much earlier than the book ended and it was a scramble to make it seem it longer
saemiligr's review against another edition
1.0
I finally had to just put this one down, I've been trying to read it for so long. I like the art well enough but the story is all over the place and clearly pieced together by different people. It just gets annoying and it feels like batman is just having a temper tantrum. And it's not even one complete story.
alexauthorshay's review against another edition
4.0
Having seen this in physical copy a few years ago, I forgot how big it actually was. Altogether, it didn't take that long to read, but 600 pages of a comic is a lot of comic to read.
The concept intrigued me. I knew I'd be missing a bit of info since I didn't and probably won't ever read the comics that lead up to this. I wasn't missing as much as I thought, because the comics I have read before were somewhat in line with the timeline of this one. But still a fair bit, like the new Batgirl and Spoiler.
I figured the whole case would be solved in this one volume, too, given it's size, but nope, there's a sequel. I just care about who framed Batman, so the comics that come in between with Batman kicking bad guy butt and taking down drug triads is kind of whatever for me. They aren't bad, but I'm not inherently interested in them. I don't entirely see how they connect to the plot as a whole, either, other than the fact that it is a Batman comic and we need to know what he's doing while his team cleans up his mess, I guess.
The concept intrigued me. I knew I'd be missing a bit of info since I didn't and probably won't ever read the comics that lead up to this. I wasn't missing as much as I thought, because the comics I have read before were somewhat in line with the timeline of this one. But still a fair bit, like the new Batgirl and Spoiler.
I figured the whole case would be solved in this one volume, too, given it's size, but nope, there's a sequel. I just care about who framed Batman, so the comics that come in between with Batman kicking bad guy butt and taking down drug triads is kind of whatever for me. They aren't bad, but I'm not inherently interested in them. I don't entirely see how they connect to the plot as a whole, either, other than the fact that it is a Batman comic and we need to know what he's doing while his team cleans up his mess, I guess.
daed_eskai's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
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