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origamibird's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, and Death
Moderate: War, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Blood, and Torture
Minor: Death of parent and Suicide attempt
m_winnike's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
4.0
I got an ARC copy of this book through work. Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier is one of my favorite Marvel characters. If you’re going into this book expecting it to be MCU Bucky you’re going to be a little disappointed. He’s got a lot of the personality of MCU Bucky but the background and such is different. The timeline of the book is split between the 1940s when Bucky was first trying to get into the military and the 1950s in his time as a KGB spook. Reading the parts about his time with the KGB was heartbreaking at times, especially at the end when reading his records of all the experiments on him for the Winter Soldier project. Overall I really loved this book. I know the chess aspect was really important because of how it helped set up some of the intrigue but omg do I not care about the multiple pages of descriptions of different chess moves. I get that the author was trying to compare chess strategies to espionage but if I had to hear one more thing about a gambit I was gonna scream because the only Gambit I want to hear about in a Marvel novel is Remy Lebeau. Imogen was such an interesting character and I wished we got more of her. Her whole backstory with her father and finding out what he had planned for her so awful. I wish she would have had a better ending to her story. If you’re planning to read this book please look at the content warnings because the things I listed are pretty well described in the book and I don’t want anyone to be surprised when they come up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Medical trauma, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Body horror
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