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elishasbookreview's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It's comics like this that make me feel like I'm too old to be reading them. The main character is so hormonal and high strung he was getting annoying to me.
The ending is what saved this from being a 2 star rating.
queenofglitches's review against another edition
2.75
Interesting story and good art. However, every character is at full snark 100% of the time, making conversations drag much longer than necessary and making one character's dialogue indistinguishable from another. It makes me question if any of these people actually like each other.
chanelletime's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
space_gaudet's review
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
roboloxy's review
funny
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Art was the only thing that was good. Cringy zoomer dialogue and the Old Blue Beetle is awful.
miamollekin's review
dark
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
lillian_francis's review
4.0
I finished this days ago but forgot to mark it off.
New to me superhero.
Fun in the way a teenage hero should be. Lots of worrying about skipping school to do superhero duty and hanging with friends that know your secret (it's barely a secret, the world and his wife seems to know). Lots of banter between school friends and with his mentor, former Blue Beetle, Ted Kord.
We get his origin in several panels almost at the end of the book rather than a whole issue at the beginning.
The artwork is bright and well drawn.
Impressed, can't wait to get the next issue.
New to me superhero.
Fun in the way a teenage hero should be. Lots of worrying about skipping school to do superhero duty and hanging with friends that know your secret (it's barely a secret, the world and his wife seems to know). Lots of banter between school friends and with his mentor, former Blue Beetle, Ted Kord.
We get his origin in several panels almost at the end of the book rather than a whole issue at the beginning.
The artwork is bright and well drawn.
Impressed, can't wait to get the next issue.
kadi_p's review
3.0
*Mild spoilers, read at your own discretion.*
As always, the art is beautiful.
The premise of this volume and the character of the Blue Beetle are very interesting and have a lot of potential but the execution was poor and the storytelling was sloppy.
The story did not follow a logical order. The origin story came during Issue #4 rather than at the beginning like it should be when introducing a relatively unknown character to new readers. Every character was introduced without any explanation. Who is Mordecai? Who are the posse? It’s very hard to understand character’s significances without understanding who the characters even are.
The characters were either strange, annoying, or confusing. The dynamic between Jaime and Ted was very frustrating. They were constantly bickering and ruined a lot of moments that could have been great. Likewise, Jamie’s two best friends, Brenda and Paco, were never NOT fighting. Which was really ANNOYING. And the issue was Brenda. She was constantly rude to Paco to the point that it’s not even funny or friendly it’s just bullying. It’s like she just hated his presence not him personally.
I think the main issue was there were actually too many characters that it was hard to remember them all. There was Jaime and his two best friends. Then Ted and his scientist. Jaime’s 3 family members. 6 posse members. 2 evil people. 2 random and completely unnecessary PIs. I actually started to forget who was who (and I read this all in one sitting!). Especially when they weren’t significant characters.
Lastly, the action was very disorientating. It wasn’t clear what was going on. And there was SO MUCH DIALOGUE. It wasn’t clear who was saying what because it kept switching between Jaime’s and Ted’s perspectives.
The cliffhanger ending was good - enough to make me want to read the next vol. but I’m not sure if I can because the storytelling is lazy and frustrating which actually makes this a chore to read.
As always, the art is beautiful.
The premise of this volume and the character of the Blue Beetle are very interesting and have a lot of potential but the execution was poor and the storytelling was sloppy.
The story did not follow a logical order. The origin story came during Issue #4 rather than at the beginning like it should be when introducing a relatively unknown character to new readers. Every character was introduced without any explanation. Who is Mordecai? Who are the posse? It’s very hard to understand character’s significances without understanding who the characters even are.
The characters were either strange, annoying, or confusing. The dynamic between Jaime and Ted was very frustrating. They were constantly bickering and ruined a lot of moments that could have been great. Likewise, Jamie’s two best friends, Brenda and Paco, were never NOT fighting. Which was really ANNOYING. And the issue was Brenda. She was constantly rude to Paco to the point that it’s not even funny or friendly it’s just bullying. It’s like she just hated his presence not him personally.
I think the main issue was there were actually too many characters that it was hard to remember them all. There was Jaime and his two best friends. Then Ted and his scientist. Jaime’s 3 family members. 6 posse members. 2 evil people. 2 random and completely unnecessary PIs. I actually started to forget who was who (and I read this all in one sitting!). Especially when they weren’t significant characters.
Lastly, the action was very disorientating. It wasn’t clear what was going on. And there was SO MUCH DIALOGUE. It wasn’t clear who was saying what because it kept switching between Jaime’s and Ted’s perspectives.
The cliffhanger ending was good - enough to make me want to read the next vol. but I’m not sure if I can because the storytelling is lazy and frustrating which actually makes this a chore to read.