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adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I wished that I could’ve loved this book because I loved the MCU and wanted to explore the comic book universe without having to pay the price of the comics but I just couldn’t love or even like the book.
The book is set in the comic universe but the characterization of Tony is very much like MCU Tony, though the theme of AI is very interesting. Nat & Clint have the shortest adventure because they get a couple of chapters then a time skip happens so we never actually learn in detail what happened to them. All Steve does is punch a bunch of Hydra dudes, again. I’m very confused with the relevance of Thor’s story because that was more of Wanda (who isn’t even on the cover) doing all the magic and Thor does the punching. Bruce’s story was the most interesting because we actually got to see the internal conflict of the character.
But overall, this could’ve been a much shorter book or paced more equally amongst the characters and actually prioritized characterization and consistent theming instead of prioritizing a very slow plot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Genocide, and Murder
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Slavery
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