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tabman678's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
just_fighting_censorship's review against another edition
1.0
More Gordon as Mech-Bat, more skinny ambiguous flower-faced villains, more never-ending monologues and forced "philosophy".
This volume and the entire Superheavy story line is forgettable, at least that's what I'm counting on. It just felt really absurd and forced. We have to wait a long time before Bruce finally steps back into his bat-shoes, that's not a spoiler, it was completely 100% expected by even the most passive comic reader.
Any actual plot is bogged down by wordy garbage trying to be profound and poetic, instead it was just boring the hell out of me.
Go take your dark 'weighty' narrative and shove it.
birdmanseven's review against another edition
2.0
Obviously the Gordon era had to end, but this just felt like an obvious reset button. The mustache was back before Bruce was able to park the car. I'm happy to have Bruce back, but I don't like that it feels like the last several volumes were completely inconsequential. I kinda like Bloom but I also don't really get it. So there it is.
thisisjon's review against another edition
4.0
While I still don’t like the idea of Jim being Batman, it was rewarding to see Bruce come back. I also think Bloom was a fantastic villain and loved the art for him.
brandongallant's review against another edition
5.0
The culmination of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's run on Batman. We see Jim Gordon battle his new enemy, Mister Bloom, and it is quite a battle! I never want to see Alfred be this upset every again!
hobbes199's review against another edition
2.0
Ye gads. They tried - they really did - but ultimately this whole storyline feels like a risk that just didn't pay off. Art is suitably creepy, and Bloom is a great looking villain, but this just left me cold.
mcholodewitsch's review against another edition
3.0
Mecha-Batman + villain whose body has trees on it. Oh that doesn't sound menacing? What if instead of leaves the tree was decorated with dead bodies.
noveladdiction's review against another edition
4.0
He's BACK. Thank goodness. Mecha-Batman was okay, but no - we needed our real Batman back. Though, to be honest... I do find it a little tragic that Bruce had to give up his chance at a normal life. He deserved some peace after everything. But Gotham NEEDS HIM, MAN.
enriquedcf's review against another edition
3.0
At least I liked it more than Endgame.
Bloom should have been the grand finale for the legendary run by Snyder and Capullo; instead, it's just OK. The art and the action are great as always, and when it gets close to be about something, the comic kind of works, but as I was reading it, I just felt disaster fatigue; yet another story of Gotham being destroyed by a Batman villain.
My other issue with this is that despite the cool design, Mr. Bloom is a boring villain. I feel nothing for him, the mystery is barely interesting and his role as "anybody who could lose hope in Gotham" is just a way to justify a flat character. He is no Doctor Hurt or Bane, he is barely an Owl.
As the finale for Jim Gordon's time as Batman, at least they gave him some cool moments, but still feels like an underused concept. I might be wrong, but I can only think of Batgirl and We Are Robin as comics that dealt with Jim Gordon as Batman in Gotham and it still feels like an afterthought, just a temporary switch that didn't last long (and don't get me started on the lame way Bruce Wayne comes back as Batman).
I liked Duke; I wish he had gotten more to do after this; it feels such a coward move that DC didn't let him be a Robin; at least as Robin he would part of the main family, instead of being just a forgotten sidekick like Harper (and what I guess will end up happening to Clownhunter).
Overall, Bloom is just fine; it offers little new and shows that even a run where plot threads can be planted early and exploited later can show serious signs of fatigue. Just one more trade to go in my reread.
Bloom should have been the grand finale for the legendary run by Snyder and Capullo; instead, it's just OK. The art and the action are great as always, and when it gets close to be about something, the comic kind of works, but as I was reading it, I just felt disaster fatigue; yet another story of Gotham being destroyed by a Batman villain.
My other issue with this is that despite the cool design, Mr. Bloom is a boring villain. I feel nothing for him, the mystery is barely interesting and his role as "anybody who could lose hope in Gotham" is just a way to justify a flat character. He is no Doctor Hurt or Bane, he is barely an Owl.
As the finale for Jim Gordon's time as Batman, at least they gave him some cool moments, but still feels like an underused concept. I might be wrong, but I can only think of Batgirl and We Are Robin as comics that dealt with Jim Gordon as Batman in Gotham and it still feels like an afterthought, just a temporary switch that didn't last long (and don't get me started on the lame way Bruce Wayne comes back as Batman).
I liked Duke; I wish he had gotten more to do after this; it feels such a coward move that DC didn't let him be a Robin; at least as Robin he would part of the main family, instead of being just a forgotten sidekick like Harper (and what I guess will end up happening to Clownhunter).
Overall, Bloom is just fine; it offers little new and shows that even a run where plot threads can be planted early and exploited later can show serious signs of fatigue. Just one more trade to go in my reread.