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A review by cleverbaggins
Thor: The Trials of Loki by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Sebastian Fiumara
4.0
I love Thor and I've by no means read all the comics, but this one is the first that I'm not a real fan of. Maybe because it's told mostly from Loki's point of view? Which, done correctly, could be exciting, seeing things from the villian's eyes, but this was just boring verging on annoying. No one in the is comic is deserving of anything. They're all petty and mean and it just makes it very hard to care about what's going on if you dislike the characters, especially characters you were already fond of.
I'm sure someone will argue that heroes have flaws, too, and I won't argue, but they don't all have all the flaws. They're not all petty and drunk and cheating on each other and false with each other. Like I said, it could be because this one was from Loki's point of view, but I like to think Loki is more complicated than just hating everyone and you don't see that here, either. Maybe he's just supposed to be mad at this point? Still, it didn't give me reasons, there's no motivation and all the characters just seem the same. I'm glad I read it for plot points but that's really it.
I'm sure someone will argue that heroes have flaws, too, and I won't argue, but they don't all have all the flaws. They're not all petty and drunk and cheating on each other and false with each other. Like I said, it could be because this one was from Loki's point of view, but I like to think Loki is more complicated than just hating everyone and you don't see that here, either. Maybe he's just supposed to be mad at this point? Still, it didn't give me reasons, there's no motivation and all the characters just seem the same. I'm glad I read it for plot points but that's really it.