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Wonder Woman: Warbringer
by Leigh Bardugo
I don’t normally enjoy superhero books (even though I do like movies) and I’m not a huge fan of DC in the first place lol, so that would explain why it took me about 7 years to finish this. BUT I met Leigh shortly after this book came out and got my copy signed so like, I felt a great compulsion to read this book. Also, I have a poster of WW on my freaking wall between my bookshelf and my bed, so I kinda have to look at it everyday. It came in the book so it’s like staring at me and saying, “READ ME.”
3 stars
Although I did find Wonder Woman enjoyable, it wasn’t my favorite book ever. I didn’t necessarily have any big problems with this book at all, I just didn’t find it that gripping. I wasn’t drawn in as I would have liked. Annnnd I found myself skimming the last 100 pages or so. Yikes. #imsorry
What I did like:
Okay so FIRST OF ALL, I read this after I read the ancient poets for school (Homer, Virgil, etc.) so the whole Helen of Troy and gods vs. man thing was something that I found interesting when reading this because I actually knew the source material. I appreciated the amount of research Leigh did for this book and how much of it is based on mythology that already exists. Which is A+++++ amazingness because said ancient poetry doesn’t do a great job at empowering woman BUT THIS BOOK DOES and it uses other great writing that doesn’t to do so, SO HA. Pointspointspoints.
All of Leigh’s characters are addicting, and this is the case here too. Alia was my favorite, hands down. Nim and Theo were both hilarious in their own manners. The interactions between the characters is what made this book for me.
This book has diversity but I mainly want to point out that DIANA IS TALL. And I know it’s shallow to go #yesfortallrep but lol, she is tall and I can relate. All of the female YA characters are pale and petite, but DIANA IS EPIC AND TALL AND TAKES UP SPACE IN A GOOD WONDERFUL WAY.
Friendship! Female friendships! Female friendships where said females don’t compete over boys! But boys are our friends too! Friends yay!
The writing as per usual was wonderful.
What I felt more “mehh” about:
Honestly Diana was a bland character for me. Wonder Woman in general is. She just seemed really…perfect. I like my characters more messed up (like all of Leigh’s other characters.) BUT I did like seeing Leigh write an entirely different character than what she’s use to. And at the end, Diana is a good person and someone that I think a lot of people should look up to. She’s fiercely loyal, and I did enjoy how she encountered “our world” so to say for the first time. It was both hilarious and eye-opening. She sees things in a child-like manner in the sense that she’s honest and innocent in her reactions to certain things. It’s beautiful, and I love her for that.
Okay so that first one is really more of a “like” than a “dislike,” but what I felt more “mehhh” about was the plot. It moved somewhat slowly for me and wasn't overly complex like I’m use to or would want in a book. This is more of a preference of course, not anything that I would deem as “bad” in this book. I found it predictable and somewhat dull.
So in the end, I do like the characters and their friendships. But I was bored for a good portion of it otherwise. Still, glad I read it but I don’t think I’ll be too eager to read the other DC Icons books. Mainly because their superhero books and those aren’t really my thing. Oh well.
3 stars
Although I did find Wonder Woman enjoyable, it wasn’t my favorite book ever. I didn’t necessarily have any big problems with this book at all, I just didn’t find it that gripping. I wasn’t drawn in as I would have liked. Annnnd I found myself skimming the last 100 pages or so. Yikes. #imsorry
What I did like:
Okay so FIRST OF ALL, I read this after I read the ancient poets for school (Homer, Virgil, etc.) so the whole Helen of Troy and gods vs. man thing was something that I found interesting when reading this because I actually knew the source material. I appreciated the amount of research Leigh did for this book and how much of it is based on mythology that already exists. Which is A+++++ amazingness because said ancient poetry doesn’t do a great job at empowering woman BUT THIS BOOK DOES and it uses other great writing that doesn’t to do so, SO HA. Pointspointspoints.
All of Leigh’s characters are addicting, and this is the case here too. Alia was my favorite, hands down. Nim and Theo were both hilarious in their own manners. The interactions between the characters is what made this book for me.
This book has diversity but I mainly want to point out that DIANA IS TALL. And I know it’s shallow to go #yesfortallrep but lol, she is tall and I can relate. All of the female YA characters are pale and petite, but DIANA IS EPIC AND TALL AND TAKES UP SPACE IN A GOOD WONDERFUL WAY.
Friendship! Female friendships! Female friendships where said females don’t compete over boys! But boys are our friends too! Friends yay!
The writing as per usual was wonderful.
What I felt more “mehh” about:
Honestly Diana was a bland character for me. Wonder Woman in general is. She just seemed really…perfect. I like my characters more messed up (like all of Leigh’s other characters.) BUT I did like seeing Leigh write an entirely different character than what she’s use to. And at the end, Diana is a good person and someone that I think a lot of people should look up to. She’s fiercely loyal, and I did enjoy how she encountered “our world” so to say for the first time. It was both hilarious and eye-opening. She sees things in a child-like manner in the sense that she’s honest and innocent in her reactions to certain things. It’s beautiful, and I love her for that.
Okay so that first one is really more of a “like” than a “dislike,” but what I felt more “mehhh” about was the plot. It moved somewhat slowly for me and wasn't overly complex like I’m use to or would want in a book. This is more of a preference of course, not anything that I would deem as “bad” in this book. I found it predictable and somewhat dull.
So in the end, I do like the characters and their friendships. But I was bored for a good portion of it otherwise. Still, glad I read it but I don’t think I’ll be too eager to read the other DC Icons books. Mainly because their superhero books and those aren’t really my thing. Oh well.