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a_h_haga's review against another edition
3.0
So I was really blown away by the first volume in this series. While this held the same tempo, I didn't get all that much from it. I enjoyed it and got to see a little more of why Catwoman is the way she is — I think. We also got what I think is the beginning of the storyline of this series, and I'm looking forward to see how it spills out!
The art is still nice, and I was glad to see her working out. She's not just strong and that's that, she works for it, and I'm glad to see it
The art is still nice, and I was glad to see her working out. She's not just strong and that's that, she works for it, and I'm glad to see it
aprilnc's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't care for the art work in this volume, but the story line was fascistic. There stars because I was getting too distracted by the not so great art work. Hope volume 3 is better.
mohan_vee's review against another edition
2.0
This is not a good book and I really cannot recommend it. "Dollhouse" is the second volume of the Catwoman title in DC's New 52 reboot. Unfortunately, New 52 was very uneven, especially at the beginning, and some titles really suffered. That is clearly apparent here.
The narrative jumps back and forth between the Court of Owl's storyline and the Dollhouse storyline so the book is disjointed and barely coherent. Additional confusion results from the fact that the full Court of Owl's storyline is spread across multiple Bat family titles and what is presented in this book does not make a lot of sense on its own.
The Dollhouse story line, which focuses on abductions and human taxidermy is beyond gross and nowhere near good enough to justify the ick factor.
The one vaguely redeeming factor in this book is that we begin to see Selina transform from a shallow narcissistic thrill freak to a more nuanced character with heroic potential.
The narrative jumps back and forth between the Court of Owl's storyline and the Dollhouse storyline so the book is disjointed and barely coherent. Additional confusion results from the fact that the full Court of Owl's storyline is spread across multiple Bat family titles and what is presented in this book does not make a lot of sense on its own.
The Dollhouse story line, which focuses on abductions and human taxidermy is beyond gross and nowhere near good enough to justify the ick factor.
The one vaguely redeeming factor in this book is that we begin to see Selina transform from a shallow narcissistic thrill freak to a more nuanced character with heroic potential.
birdmanseven's review against another edition
2.0
I just couldn't get in to this. The drab, sepia-toned art didn't help. Also, the Court of Owls is officially overplayed.
buildhergender's review against another edition
4.0
What I liked, a ending to the prostitute snatcher story. The tie over with the owl court. Great art.
What I didn't like
The ending of the snatcher story was another of we stopped him, he has to be dead, but where is his body.
What I didn't like
The ending of the snatcher story was another of we stopped him, he has to be dead, but where is his body.
nike13's review against another edition
5.0
Really liked this collection for Catwoman, interesting new characters, freaky bad guy and Catwoman trying to be good is definitely fun to read.
inlibrisveritas's review against another edition
4.0
3.5
Catwoman hasn’t really lived up to what I had hoped the New 52 relaunch would give to her character. In fact of the New 52 comics I’ve read her’s are among the weakest. This one has improved over the first volume but I still wish there were more to it.
We are introduced to more storyline that ties into the Detective Comics and Talon issues, and some of the storyline from the last volume carries over. We get more story but even with the added structure I found myself not really caring what happened to Selina. The Dollhouse storyline is interesting enough and I’ve always liked that Catwoman, despite her issues, isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty to help out those close to her situation. I’m really hoping that this one continues to improve, though hopefully the next one will be more than a half a star improvement.
We have two artists in this one. Guillem March, from the last issue, sticks to his photo shoot like style where Catwoman manages to find herself in poses even when in the middle of a sticky situation. I’m not entirely sure why he finds it necessary to give us a ton of proportion shots or close ups of Catwoman’s body. There were moments when I questioned if she even had hip bones or if she was double jointed, because her type of sexy looks painful. Adriana Melo is the second artist and though some of her art is a bit rougher I enjoyed her style much more, because even though Catwoman still has pose-y moments we are not constantly feed a stream of butt, boobs, and contortion.
I’m really hoping Catwoman managed to claw herself to a better story, because I’m not sure if I’ll continue the arc if it doesn’t pick up.
Catwoman hasn’t really lived up to what I had hoped the New 52 relaunch would give to her character. In fact of the New 52 comics I’ve read her’s are among the weakest. This one has improved over the first volume but I still wish there were more to it.
We are introduced to more storyline that ties into the Detective Comics and Talon issues, and some of the storyline from the last volume carries over. We get more story but even with the added structure I found myself not really caring what happened to Selina. The Dollhouse storyline is interesting enough and I’ve always liked that Catwoman, despite her issues, isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty to help out those close to her situation. I’m really hoping that this one continues to improve, though hopefully the next one will be more than a half a star improvement.
We have two artists in this one. Guillem March, from the last issue, sticks to his photo shoot like style where Catwoman manages to find herself in poses even when in the middle of a sticky situation. I’m not entirely sure why he finds it necessary to give us a ton of proportion shots or close ups of Catwoman’s body. There were moments when I questioned if she even had hip bones or if she was double jointed, because her type of sexy looks painful. Adriana Melo is the second artist and though some of her art is a bit rougher I enjoyed her style much more, because even though Catwoman still has pose-y moments we are not constantly feed a stream of butt, boobs, and contortion.
I’m really hoping Catwoman managed to claw herself to a better story, because I’m not sure if I’ll continue the arc if it doesn’t pick up.
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