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jacquilynn's review
3.0
I liked the first compilation of Hush a lot, but this didn’t have the same feel. It was very disjointed from the first set. I didn’t like much of the Hush storyline in this, which being the focus of the collection is pretty sad. I much preferred the Joker’s storyline. Lieberman reworked on a Joker back story that I didn’t like when I first read it (can‘t remember which series it was), there were a few subtle changes that made the story much better.
amiry's review
3.0
The ending definitely left something to be desired. It was kind of unresolved. The last 10 pages did nothing to advance the end of the story — it sort of just. . .stopped. :/
howattp's review
2.0
I didn't like this. I only kept reading it because Hush is an interesting villain with an odd relationship to Bruce Wayne.
This follows some of the same grievances I've had before with people who delve into the Joker's backstory. I think that doing so negates his menace. Furthermore, the Joker we see here is absolutely sane. He's cold and calculating, and if I didn't see his image I'd think I was reading The Penguin. The Joker shouldn't be a mob boss, but an anarchist. He shouldn't care about a wife, which humanizes him, reducing any menace he ever had.
This follows some of the same grievances I've had before with people who delve into the Joker's backstory. I think that doing so negates his menace. Furthermore, the Joker we see here is absolutely sane. He's cold and calculating, and if I didn't see his image I'd think I was reading The Penguin. The Joker shouldn't be a mob boss, but an anarchist. He shouldn't care about a wife, which humanizes him, reducing any menace he ever had.
jakekilroy's review
4.0
This started off with some of the best pacing I've seen in a Batman collection, and I don't know if I've ever been more baffled by the perplexingly erratic and bad quality of what I have to call, by definition, an ending. I loved the beat of the first half so much, in no way slogged by Batman cliches, just sharp with movement and quick with dialogue, and then the last part feels as though someone else stepped in to guess what things were without reading the first part. Nothing wraps up. It suddenly shifts focus. Characters act like new people. It was just so bizarre. I want to watch a short documentary on how this whole collection came to be.
just_fighting_censorship's review
2.0
Wait....what?
This started out decent and just got worse and worse.
First and foremost, CAN NO ONE STAY DEAD!?!
Second, what is up with the Joker? He acts completely out of character for the entire book.
The Joker is supposed to be predictably unpredictable, he is INSANE! I was like who is this guy dressed up like the Joker? He's terrible. Then it gets all sappy as I hear the "Red Hood" origin story for the umpteenth. Ugh! Boy do I hate that origin story. No I don't want some sob story about the man Joker was before. I don't care about his pregnant wife being blown up or his need for vengeance, it completely ruins the character! The best thing about the Joker is his insanity, he seems to have no real motive and that is scary as hell!
Oh and when he does a spin roll into the open manhole...
Thirdly, who the hell edited this thing? The book should have ended with the Batman: Gotham Knights #55 but instead it gives a brief and confusing summary of events that seem pretty important to the story and pick up with Batman: Gotham Knights #66 which aside from a complete change in circumstance was almost too boring to read. Prometheus III, really who gives a crap? Oh and I'm not a huge Talia fan either...
Overall, this comic is a terrible sequel to [b:Batman: Hush|6375845|Batman Hush|Jeph Loeb|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342295000s/6375845.jpg|16256422]. Don't get me wrong, it is terrible in its own right, but even more so when compared to the original. It is so melodramatic, every aspect is so over played, all of the forced emotion made me a little ill.
I mean, there is even a scene where Green Arrow and Batman have a cat fight.
Just skip it!
(see what I did there)
This started out decent and just got worse and worse.
First and foremost, CAN NO ONE STAY DEAD!?!
Second, what is up with the Joker? He acts completely out of character for the entire book.
The Joker is supposed to be predictably unpredictable, he is INSANE! I was like who is this guy dressed up like the Joker? He's terrible. Then it gets all sappy as I hear the "Red Hood" origin story for the umpteenth. Ugh! Boy do I hate that origin story. No I don't want some sob story about the man Joker was before. I don't care about his pregnant wife being blown up or his need for vengeance, it completely ruins the character! The best thing about the Joker is his insanity, he seems to have no real motive and that is scary as hell!
Oh and when he does a spin roll into the open manhole...
Thirdly, who the hell edited this thing? The book should have ended with the Batman: Gotham Knights #55 but instead it gives a brief and confusing summary of events that seem pretty important to the story and pick up with Batman: Gotham Knights #66 which aside from a complete change in circumstance was almost too boring to read. Prometheus III, really who gives a crap? Oh and I'm not a huge Talia fan either...
Overall, this comic is a terrible sequel to [b:Batman: Hush|6375845|Batman Hush|Jeph Loeb|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342295000s/6375845.jpg|16256422]. Don't get me wrong, it is terrible in its own right, but even more so when compared to the original. It is so melodramatic, every aspect is so over played, all of the forced emotion made me a little ill.
I mean, there is even a scene where Green Arrow and Batman have a cat fight.
Just skip it!
(see what I did there)
birdmanseven's review
2.0
I don't get it. I was really into this book until it just abruptly ends and randomly jumps ahead. Why would they do that? Now I need to find the rest of the story!
thesgtrekkiereads's review
4.0
dark sombre art.. amazing.
story line loved it.
Though I fear hush. . I still have faith that the joker has more up his sleeves...
batman looks scared...
you know it's a good story. ..
story line loved it.
Though I fear hush. . I still have faith that the joker has more up his sleeves...
batman looks scared...
you know it's a good story. ..
jhugenroth's review
1.0
One of the worst Batman stories I've ever read. The Joker and Riddler act completely out of character, the art is not good, and the story goes absolutely nowhere.