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okaycloud's review against another edition
1.0
Perhaps this book was moving and deep and resonant and a powerful end to a long story, all the things it strives to be, if you had spent a few decades reading all the avengers comics that led up to it. As a part of a survey catching up on a bunch of the big marvel books of the past decades, it fell extremely flat and represented basically everything I dislike about a lot of the medium. My eyes were firmly rolled into the back of my head from the moment the skeleton arm of one of the few consistently likable marvel characters stuck out of the ground announcing his death indicated the tone of things to come. We then get a few issues worth of meandering grim darkness with some slowly doled out main character deaths from seemingly random events, before a conclusion of a pile of macguffins with a villain out of nowhere and a hero out of nowhere to give supposed context and resolution (which I know only sets the table for things to come, but it'll take a while for me to have any desire to pick up those plot threads.) And then the Avengers kinda just break up because they're sad.
This book was not a tearjerker but it made me sad for all the wrong reasons. I desperately need a palate cleanser, thank goodness so many comics are actually fun nowadays.
This book was not a tearjerker but it made me sad for all the wrong reasons. I desperately need a palate cleanser, thank goodness so many comics are actually fun nowadays.
danfromluthadel's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
crankyraconteur's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
book_academia's review against another edition
2.0
3.5 stars
This was a fun read. I wanted to read it since I heard WandaVision was sorta of inspired by some of the events.
Will be reading Excalibur (2004) and House of M next!
This was a fun read. I wanted to read it since I heard WandaVision was sorta of inspired by some of the events.
Will be reading Excalibur (2004) and House of M next!
franfernandezarce's review against another edition
2.0
*2.75*
everything felt too rushed for me--i think it would have been better for this to have been a bit longer to flesh out the actual consequences of what was happening
everything felt too rushed for me--i think it would have been better for this to have been a bit longer to flesh out the actual consequences of what was happening
sherpawhale's review against another edition
4.0
Good stuff for my first BMB, though the pay-off isn't quite all there.
Really good way to kick off the modern Marvel age.
Really good way to kick off the modern Marvel age.
izzyw's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
remigves's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0