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francisjamesx's review against another edition
5.0
This is one hell of a crazy read and I loved it! Batman is my all time favorite superhero and I'm trying to devour as many issue as possible :)
malu's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
charliemudd's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars -- This is more like it. I did not enjoy the over-arching Dark Nights: Metal that was the set up this book; however, The Batman Who Laughs was awesome -- not a word in my normal review vocabulary, but a word that feels right here. Batman was the perfect character to take advantage of the dark matter multi-verse theme, and Snyder plumbed the Dark Knight's conflicted nature appropriately. Philosophical, with a healthy dose of optimistic pessimism, TBWL was not an easy read. It had several Bruce Waynes and Batmen flitting around, and some difficult-to-read red font dialog (BTW the only reason I didn't give a clean 5 stars) for the worst of the baddies; but it never lost its way, and ended with some decent closure full of comic book platitudes. And of course Joker's cameos were top notch. Highly recommended.
squidbag's review against another edition
2.0
Seven issues of beautifully drawn depravity to get us where Darwyn Cooke got us years ago with 'Ego,' which is to the realization that being Batman, striving to be Batman, is pushing against the hurt and the pain, and being better than evil because there's something inherent to human nature that is worth feeding with hope rather than allowing it to give in and deflate. This would have been better shorter, but the breakout eponymous character needed his time to shine, and so this pushes in a Gordon / Gordon Jr. / Grim Knight Batman "subplot" that tells essentially the same story. Unless there are alot of James Gordon, Jr. fans out there I'm overlooking, this could have been trimmed. Some good stuff on a long journey does not a thrill-ride make.
kalpana's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
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