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A review by zoemig
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu
3.0
While I might enjoy the occasional superhero movie, I'm not really interested in superhero books, and after reading Renegades by Marissa Meyer last month I'm feeling especially skeptical about the genre. That said, I really enjoyed the first book in the DC Icons series about superhero as teenagers, Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo, so I decided to give book 2, Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu a try. I also loved the first book I read by Lu, Warcross (It even made my top 10 books of 2017!), so I thought if I'd like any superhero book, this would be it.
Batman: Nightwalker tells the story of Gotham City during a time when it is being terrorized by the Nightwalkers, who are killing the city's wealthiest. After a run-in with the police, Bruce Wayne, who just turned 18 and inherited his family's fortune, is assigned with community service at Arkham Asylum, where he meets one of the Nightwalkers, who just so happens to be a beautiful and brilliant teenage girl. Yes, I realize this is a novel about a superhero, but I did feel the suspension of disbelief required was more than I expected. While the novel is pretty well-written, it just doesn't do anything especially original with the story. I could also have skipped the dream sequences, while the action scenes were a bit too short. However, the main issue is that Bruce himself is quite bland and does not come across as very intelligent, while the villain isn't especially exciting either. That said, it is an easy, quick read with a couple fun twists and Albert, who I always love, it just didn't live up to the expectation that I had for Lu's writing.
Batman: Nightwalker tells the story of Gotham City during a time when it is being terrorized by the Nightwalkers, who are killing the city's wealthiest. After a run-in with the police, Bruce Wayne, who just turned 18 and inherited his family's fortune, is assigned with community service at Arkham Asylum, where he meets one of the Nightwalkers, who just so happens to be a beautiful and brilliant teenage girl. Yes, I realize this is a novel about a superhero, but I did feel the suspension of disbelief required was more than I expected. While the novel is pretty well-written, it just doesn't do anything especially original with the story. I could also have skipped the dream sequences, while the action scenes were a bit too short. However, the main issue is that Bruce himself is quite bland and does not come across as very intelligent, while the villain isn't especially exciting either. That said, it is an easy, quick read with a couple fun twists and Albert, who I always love, it just didn't live up to the expectation that I had for Lu's writing.