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crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
4.0
I've been using a few websites that advertised how to read The Valiant Universe as one continuous story.
They have all been way out of order.
So it is that I just got to this fantastic volume which includes two characters meeting and kindling a relationship that popped up something I read fifteen books ago. Sigh.
This would have been a three star stand alone book. If you know nothing about any of these characters or the over-arching storylines, you can still follow it and I think it would still be a solid read. But the callbacks to previous volumes and the steady build on the Vine storyline make this story about ptsd and rebuilding trust between people with different backgrounds fantastic.
I'll be disappointed to see Vendetti's run on X-O Manowar end. Apart from one disappointing volume that spun out of a crossover, this has been the most dependably intriguing Valiant book.
They have all been way out of order.
So it is that I just got to this fantastic volume which includes two characters meeting and kindling a relationship that popped up something I read fifteen books ago. Sigh.
This would have been a three star stand alone book. If you know nothing about any of these characters or the over-arching storylines, you can still follow it and I think it would still be a solid read. But the callbacks to previous volumes and the steady build on the Vine storyline make this story about ptsd and rebuilding trust between people with different backgrounds fantastic.
I'll be disappointed to see Vendetti's run on X-O Manowar end. Apart from one disappointing volume that spun out of a crossover, this has been the most dependably intriguing Valiant book.
tmaluck's review against another edition
4.0
Ten volumes in, I can't believe I complained during the first three books that Aric was too bullheaded and the story was too slow. Everything built up in earlier story arcs is paying off in spades in these later trades. This is truly a series and not just a collection of stories with a shared template.
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