let_the_wookie_read 's review for:

Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean

4.0

dark mysterious sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This one came recommended to me by a coworker, after we were discussing Neil Gaiman and his works. I was surprised to find that not only had I never read it, but I had also never even heard of it! Neil once again worked his magic of taking a character from an obscure part of DC's past and breath in a bit of new life into it. Yes we get to see some of the characters that we've grown up with over the years (Batman and Lex Luthor to name a couple), but we they never take over the story to make it there own. Instead we get a re-origin story for a character we knew nothing about, and at least in my case we haven't seen since this was published more then 2 decades ago and was soon overshadowed by a certain Morpheus and his journey.