Reviews

Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her by Bill Sienkiewicz, Sean Phillips, Richard K. Morgan

swilliams's review

4.0

 being a female comic fan is hard man why is every woman so sexualised. great plot but you just cannot ignore it (the cover itself is awful)

andie13's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Rape

varasa's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

katie_a14's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

areyouokay's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

ariesvenus's review

3.0

What the fuck is that cover are you even serious?
Good volume. I love Natasha.

veganemelda's review

3.0

This was actually pretty good, once I finished it. But I kept putting it aside because OF THE FUCKING FUCKING AWFUL COVER. Seriously, wtf is with the cover art? Fuck you, artist. Because I literally had this out from the library for months and could not bring myself to finish it until today, when someone else put a hold on it and so I had to return it or pay a fine. Things I love about Black Widow: while she's known as Marvel universe men's collective ex-girlfriend (and is constantly surrounded by men because this is the comics world are women are even more undervalued than the real world), she pretty much hates and is weary of all men. Misandry level: tied with me. Awesome level: higher than everyone and climbing. Natasha is constantly using people's expectations of her, but mostly women in general, to trump them. Can we please not fall into they trap when doing cover art? Seriously, that pose is absolutely anatomically impossible, as would be shooting the gun without falling... Despite my pleasure with the female friendship, revenge, etc. that happens in the plot, I don't think I could even bring myself to buy this due to the cover art (the comics themselves are fine, though). One star off just for that.

youfelinedevil's review

4.0

Honestly like... I love this political shit. But the art varies wildly, sometimes it's great, sometimes it's awful. The action scenes are nowhere near as well rendered as in the first volume. And I could have done without the homophobic slur from Fury.