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captwinghead's review against another edition
4.0
This is yet another one of Gail Simone's series that I continue to read out of order. I know I've read a previous volume before because I recognize the characters but I was pretty lost on the portion taking place in the government. Besides that, I really enjoyed this. I know Rucka is everyone's go to Wondy writer but I actually like Simone's style better. Rather than go full tilt into the mythology and feature a lot of side characters talking about what a wonder Diana is, Simone shows more than tells. Bless her for that!
This features someone I either forgot or never paid attention to before: Tom Tesser. I think that's his name? He's enthralled with Diana and that affection leads him to a few interesting confrontations. One of which is one of Diana's greatest admirers and I loved that introduction!!
The main plot in this book is Diana taking on Grendel and while I hated Beowulf in school, this was interesting. I enjoyed it a little more than the evil queen storyline later on.
What made this such a great book to me was Diana. She is so amazing and fair in this book. I know, I know, she always is but it's still great to see. She doesn't take anyone shit and she's protective over her fellow sisters. This is the kind of Wonder Woman story I can get behind.
So, while I don't recommend you read this if you haven't read the other volumes, it's still a very enjoyable book. It's a tentative recommend, provide you've picked up the rest of Simone's run.
This features someone I either forgot or never paid attention to before: Tom Tesser. I think that's his name? He's enthralled with Diana and that affection leads him to a few interesting confrontations. One of which is one of Diana's greatest admirers and I loved that introduction!!
The main plot in this book is Diana taking on Grendel and while I hated Beowulf in school, this was interesting. I enjoyed it a little more than the evil queen storyline later on.
What made this such a great book to me was Diana. She is so amazing and fair in this book. I know, I know, she always is but it's still great to see. She doesn't take anyone shit and she's protective over her fellow sisters. This is the kind of Wonder Woman story I can get behind.
So, while I don't recommend you read this if you haven't read the other volumes, it's still a very enjoyable book. It's a tentative recommend, provide you've picked up the rest of Simone's run.
fell4's review against another edition
1.0
1.5
I didn't really like this comic book. However, that doesn't mean it was bad per se. I just thought the story was a little scattered and strange overall. Which makes me sad, because I was really hoping to enjoy reading about Wonder Woman. I watched the TV show as a kid and fell in love with Diana, but I haven't managed to find any good comic books about her.
I didn't really like this comic book. However, that doesn't mean it was bad per se. I just thought the story was a little scattered and strange overall. Which makes me sad, because I was really hoping to enjoy reading about Wonder Woman. I watched the TV show as a kid and fell in love with Diana, but I haven't managed to find any good comic books about her.
oldcrow_medicineshow's review against another edition
3.0
Holy incoherent plot-lines, Batman! No seriously. What was happening?
redmoon's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
larakaa's review against another edition
5.0
now this is how a wonder woman book should be like. a great range of emotions. great dialogue. And the second part of this book is perfect in regard of the upcoming wonder woman movie.
contrabanddonut's review against another edition
2.0
To be honest this rating is on me, and fully admit this rating is completely unfair. However, let me explain.
After seeing the Wonder Woman movie, and being reminded Gail Simone wrote the character, I was led astray by Amazon's bleh search engine, Goodreads hot garbage of a search engine when it comes to collected issues of comic books (trade paperbacks), the Comixology website, and improbably, a local library system search engine even more screwed than Goodreads, which led me to believe this was the first volume of Simone's run on the title. If you can't trust the world's largest bookseller, the largest social media site for readers, and the local library, to get the correct information, when you don't know what you're looking for, things will and inevitably did go wrong. Admittedly my mistake is not realizing three of the four of my references were owned by Amazon, but one of them had to know what the hell they were talking about it, right? Nope.
ETA: Hot Garbage search engine comment proof: If you look up Gail Simone on GR, and sort all her works alphabetically, this volume and previous or subsequent are not even listed in her works. If you sort by series her 2005 run on Birds of Prey isn't even listed. GR's basic issue here is that each series restart (a new #1 issue) in comic book parlance is a volume, plus each collection is a volume. I believe the answer to this is the rule that comic book titles be listed by Title and Year, and that rule be enforced uniformly like last name, first name is enforced. This rule is enforced on other titles X-Men, I believe.
So I was dumped into the middle of a story that was a mishmash of classic literature (Beowolf) and Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan, that wasn't very good, compelling or frankly made much sense. Upon reading the volume, and knowing what I was looking for, I did subsequent searches and found the proceeding volume was also by Ms Simone, I reserve the right to revise this review.
I am a big fan of Ms. Simone's Twitter, where she is routinely hilarious, and her last run on Batgirl. There is an additional couple of issues that don't take place in an alternate dimension, rather something resembling this dimension, where Ms Simone showed off a little more of her comedy skills, while fun and amusing wasn't amusing or funny enough to save the book for me.
Anyway I press on, and start over.
After seeing the Wonder Woman movie, and being reminded Gail Simone wrote the character, I was led astray by Amazon's bleh search engine, Goodreads hot garbage of a search engine when it comes to collected issues of comic books (trade paperbacks), the Comixology website, and improbably, a local library system search engine even more screwed than Goodreads, which led me to believe this was the first volume of Simone's run on the title. If you can't trust the world's largest bookseller, the largest social media site for readers, and the local library, to get the correct information, when you don't know what you're looking for, things will and inevitably did go wrong. Admittedly my mistake is not realizing three of the four of my references were owned by Amazon, but one of them had to know what the hell they were talking about it, right? Nope.
ETA: Hot Garbage search engine comment proof: If you look up Gail Simone on GR, and sort all her works alphabetically, this volume and previous or subsequent are not even listed in her works. If you sort by series her 2005 run on Birds of Prey isn't even listed. GR's basic issue here is that each series restart (a new #1 issue) in comic book parlance is a volume, plus each collection is a volume. I believe the answer to this is the rule that comic book titles be listed by Title and Year, and that rule be enforced uniformly like last name, first name is enforced. This rule is enforced on other titles X-Men, I believe.
So I was dumped into the middle of a story that was a mishmash of classic literature (Beowolf) and Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan, that wasn't very good, compelling or frankly made much sense. Upon reading the volume, and knowing what I was looking for, I did subsequent searches and found the proceeding volume was also by Ms Simone, I reserve the right to revise this review.
I am a big fan of Ms. Simone's Twitter, where she is routinely hilarious, and her last run on Batgirl. There is an additional couple of issues that don't take place in an alternate dimension, rather something resembling this dimension, where Ms Simone showed off a little more of her comedy skills, while fun and amusing wasn't amusing or funny enough to save the book for me.
Anyway I press on, and start over.
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