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A review by lezreadalot
Black Panther: The Complete Collection, Volume 1 by
3.0
The biggest let-down of this book was the direction Priest chose to go with Nakia, one of T'Challa's Dora Milaje. After repeatedly telling us that she was underage, he introduced a subplot where T'Challa was tricked into kissing her (ugh), thereby unravelling a series of events that featured many delightful tropes such as '~crazy~ lovesick woman' and 'jealousy engenders evil'. Then she disappears from the story, so great. :/
And I'll come right out and say it: I don't care for Ross at all, as a character or as a narrator (okay, as a narrator he was funny sometimes). Most of the time his humour was forced, as subtle as a train-wreck and just... not good. I'm not reading this series for his convoluted story-telling (entertaining at times, but it got old fast) or his witty one-liners or his constant no-homos or to see him take a stint as regent of Wakanda (which featured a scene where he was waited on hand and foot by a bevy of black women; really guys?). I'm reading this series for the Black Panther. T'Challa. The King of Wakanda. If I wanted a sarcastic funny white guy, I'd go read literally anything else.
Thankfully, the book was entertaining enough to save itself from its downfalls. Monica, Okoye, Nakia (when she wasn't being narratively destroyed) and Queen were all amazing. I love the almost fatherly relationship that T'Challa has with the Dora Milaje. I love T'Challa in general; this book did a good job of establishing him as a peace-lover but also a fighter; gentle but also fierce; a good man, but not infallible. When the writing was good, it was pretty good, and there were cool fights and exciting cameos in abundance (Sam! Danny! Luke! LUKE!!!). Worth the read, all in all, and I'll definitely read the other volumes at some point.
But god, I hope he loses the cape soon. Really guys? It serves absolutely no function and it looks silly. Also, T'Challa would never.
And I'll come right out and say it: I don't care for Ross at all, as a character or as a narrator (okay, as a narrator he was funny sometimes). Most of the time his humour was forced, as subtle as a train-wreck and just... not good. I'm not reading this series for his convoluted story-telling (entertaining at times, but it got old fast) or his witty one-liners or his constant no-homos or to see him take a stint as regent of Wakanda (which featured a scene where he was waited on hand and foot by a bevy of black women; really guys?). I'm reading this series for the Black Panther. T'Challa. The King of Wakanda. If I wanted a sarcastic funny white guy, I'd go read literally anything else.
Thankfully, the book was entertaining enough to save itself from its downfalls. Monica, Okoye, Nakia (when she wasn't being narratively destroyed) and Queen were all amazing. I love the almost fatherly relationship that T'Challa has with the Dora Milaje. I love T'Challa in general; this book did a good job of establishing him as a peace-lover but also a fighter; gentle but also fierce; a good man, but not infallible. When the writing was good, it was pretty good, and there were cool fights and exciting cameos in abundance (Sam! Danny! Luke! LUKE!!!). Worth the read, all in all, and I'll definitely read the other volumes at some point.
But god, I hope he loses the cape soon. Really guys? It serves absolutely no function and it looks silly. Also, T'Challa would never.