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A review by thesortedstories
Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
4.0
“I am done being careful. I am done being quiet. Let them see me angry. Let them hear me wail at the top of my lungs.”
I love Wonder Woman. I adore Leigh Bardugo. I like Fantasy novels. But do I love YA? No, the genre has been mercilessly abused lately. This book however managed to tick all boxes and even create some new ones.
Leigh's Wonder Woman is fierce, brave, kind, intelligent and an insecure teen! I love that! Diana is looking for her place amongst her sisters, trying to prove herself worthy of an Amazon life, planning to win races and get her mother's favour until Alia happens. Alia is a descendant of Helen Of Troy, meant to bring destruction and chaos to the world. An unllikely friendship ensues. Yes, a friendship, between two teenage girls - no romance, no catfights, just a plain simple friendship and oh...they bicker and jibe like all friends do and that's when I fall in love with this book.
Diana and Alia travel to NYC where they meet Jason, Nim and Theo, basically Alia's social circle. Each of these characters is extremely well written and so much fun to read about. The chemistry in the group is palpable and their conversations made me laugh out loud. The action scenes pack a punch and I kept picturing Gal Gadot in all scenes while reading the Wonder Woman dialogues with her voice in my mind and they fit amazingly well.
The Greek mythology backstory and their current mission are told in parallel, maintaining a fast pace. It's rare to find a book that doesn't slack in even a single scene and maintains the pace throughout, this is one of them. I would have loved to read more about the Amazons and their life but that part is very very short. I hope there'll be another book just focusing solely on Amazons.
Of course, there are a few short comings, I suppose there's no perfect YA book. There's a part where Greek Gods interact via humans, which felt like a cheap horror movie, I was shocked when I read it and thought I had totally misunderstood the scene but alas, no! There's also some romance mixed in, which was totally not required, felt forced and did not serve any purpose in the story line.
I'm quite excited but equally apprehensive about the upcoming books in DC series by various other YA authors. It would be enough if they can reach this book's level, not gonna keep a whole lot of expectation. The feminine power in the book is goals, not just Diana, but Alia and Nim are also extremely fierce characters. Even the little part about Amazon shows how different they're from each other, yet strong in their own way. The themes of friendship and loyalty is loud and resounding here. I really hope we see more books with as diverse characters as this one with friendship as the central theme because this is the kind of book I'd like my younger siblings/cousins to read.
I love Wonder Woman. I adore Leigh Bardugo. I like Fantasy novels. But do I love YA? No, the genre has been mercilessly abused lately. This book however managed to tick all boxes and even create some new ones.
Leigh's Wonder Woman is fierce, brave, kind, intelligent and an insecure teen! I love that! Diana is looking for her place amongst her sisters, trying to prove herself worthy of an Amazon life, planning to win races and get her mother's favour until Alia happens. Alia is a descendant of Helen Of Troy, meant to bring destruction and chaos to the world. An unllikely friendship ensues. Yes, a friendship, between two teenage girls - no romance, no catfights, just a plain simple friendship and oh...they bicker and jibe like all friends do and that's when I fall in love with this book.
Diana and Alia travel to NYC where they meet Jason, Nim and Theo, basically Alia's social circle. Each of these characters is extremely well written and so much fun to read about. The chemistry in the group is palpable and their conversations made me laugh out loud. The action scenes pack a punch and I kept picturing Gal Gadot in all scenes while reading the Wonder Woman dialogues with her voice in my mind and they fit amazingly well.
The Greek mythology backstory and their current mission are told in parallel, maintaining a fast pace. It's rare to find a book that doesn't slack in even a single scene and maintains the pace throughout, this is one of them. I would have loved to read more about the Amazons and their life but that part is very very short. I hope there'll be another book just focusing solely on Amazons.
Of course, there are a few short comings, I suppose there's no perfect YA book. There's a part where Greek Gods interact via humans, which felt like a cheap horror movie, I was shocked when I read it and thought I had totally misunderstood the scene but alas, no! There's also some romance mixed in, which was totally not required, felt forced and did not serve any purpose in the story line.
I'm quite excited but equally apprehensive about the upcoming books in DC series by various other YA authors. It would be enough if they can reach this book's level, not gonna keep a whole lot of expectation. The feminine power in the book is goals, not just Diana, but Alia and Nim are also extremely fierce characters. Even the little part about Amazon shows how different they're from each other, yet strong in their own way. The themes of friendship and loyalty is loud and resounding here. I really hope we see more books with as diverse characters as this one with friendship as the central theme because this is the kind of book I'd like my younger siblings/cousins to read.