A review by cloudchaimber
Batman: Hush - Volume Two by Jeph Loeb

4.0

This is another book that I really wished I could give a 3.5 to. I did like it, quite a bit, but the more I chew on it, the more I find little flaws here and there. Ultimately, I ended up thinking that the cavalcade of stars worked fine, though I do feel like I was drowning in them by the end, and had a little trouble remembering who was doing what. I could see the ending from way back on page 2 of the first volume, and had hope that I was wrong at many points in the book with different red herrings and exciting moments, but it all came together as I had suspected. The problem is, I don't know that I'm incredibly perceptive, but that the clues were all spoon fed to me. Comic book dialogue and text is so expository that it's painful at times.

The artwork is incredible though. The characters look better than most Batman graphic novels. I liked the thread about Batman and Catwoman up until the very end, and then kind of hated Batman for the choices he made, which I think I'm okay with. I'd recommend this for big fans of Batman, but not for people new to the franchise. It's just too damned overwhelming.