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Catwoman, Vol. 5: Race of Thieves by Ann Nocenti

dynila's review

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3.0

Not loving the whole mob boss angle of this arc, hope we get back to good ole heists soon...

iam_griff's review

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1.0

Thank the Old Ones I’m finally done with all the “New 52” volumes of Catwoman I bought years ago. There were some decent plot ideas in this volume, but Nocenti’s writing just made it hard to understand or follow. I’m pretty sure I don’t have anything else she’s written in my stacks to read.

lorien13's review

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3.0

This volume was nothing but confusing. Catwoman's been brainwashed? By who and how? No damn clues. No explanation. Nothing about it except it happened somehow, and since I've read all but 1 member of the Batfamily up to and beyond volume 5 this was totally random. It was jarring and as no one else experienced it I call foul. And that was just the beginning.

Then we have Catwoman in this dizzying race that made no sense for no real reason. It was flashing and odd and cut back and forth between things so random my head was spinning. While everything tied up together well by the end, it just felt off. No mention of what the rest of DC went through with Trinity War, which made it feel so...fake.

I didn't buy one panel of this, and found it very lame. The final installment matched the sudden flash forwards that don't add up to the twists happening in New 52 was interesting, but I doubt it's the endgame of this series anyways.

2.5 out of 5 stars, and it barely makes that.

gizmoto16's review

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3.0

Hopefully this volume is starting an uptick on the story and it will continue to improve. I'm really interested in seeing more about Selena leading a crime family.

bloodykanary's review

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2.0

I'm just glad I'm finished with Nocenti's run.

lukeisthename34's review

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2.0

Seriously, what is this book? A great character thrown into bizarre situations with little explanation and less development. I have, once more, almost no idea to the motivations behind her or anyone around her in this whole series. So strange.

shannonleighd's review

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2.0

Meh.

(Can we get a new author for this series, please?)

*looks at next volume*

Hooray, no more Nocenti.

a_h_haga's review

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2.0

Ok, so this book started out ok, but then fell fast. The whole thing felt a little like a filler, actually.
I'm guessing the authors hoped the last thing would catch the readers attention, but it just cemented my wish to not keep reading this thing.

They had an interesting story line set up in the earlier albums - the whole ''who is Selina Kyle'' story was interesting, but it was never resolved, unfortunately.
There were other stories as well, like the whole Batman romance thing, but it just died away after that one encounter in vol 3.
Then they started the whole raven-story line in this or the last album, and that could be interesting but they ended up just forgetting about it.
This is a trend I see with DC comics in general, switching writers and the previous story-lines just being left to rot. I have to say, I am not a fan.

Think I'll just stick with Top Cow or Image from now on, when I finish what DC comics I already haven't read. It's the same with Marvel. I'm kind of done. These ''big names'' are falling apart, it feels like.

iamrainbou's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5

Fue una gran decepción. Y medio que lo sabía, porque había leído varias reseñas quejándose, pero no lo quería creer. ¿Cómo una serie que había empezado tan maravillosamente podía irse tan a la mierda? El artista cambió, el escritor también y la historia tomó un rumbo que no esperaba ni quería.
La historia de este volumen sale de la nada, y las cosas que salen sin explicaciones me confunden y me ponen de muy mal humor. No fui capaz de disfrutar para nada esta historia; no me pareció nada entretenida, ni bien desarrollada. El final me pareció muy ridículo. Selina cambió un montón y no estoy segura de que me guste este nuevo personaje. Amé en los primeros issues como era la dueña de su sexualidad y su personalidad antiheroe. Ahora no la reconozco.

allthetrauma's review against another edition

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2.0

why are this runs so confusing lmao