A review by apageinthestacks
Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 2: Knightquest by Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant

2.0

2.5/5 actual rating.

Didn't at all live up to its predecessor, though to be fair, those were big shoes to fill.

There were a few great moments, but overall the whole thing just seemed far too dragged out--even the Joker issues weren't all that enjoyable.

Spoiler

And then when Bruce Wayne finally returns, everything happens way too quickly--he wants to retire, then Robin tells him Jean Paul is dangerous, and suddenly he's completely changed his mind and before you know it yelling at Jean Paul. Granted, it wasn't the actions themselves that I really had a problem with--I mean, it makes sense he'd want to retire, and it'd make more sense he'd instantly change his mind upon learning Jean Paul is "evil", and it would make sense he'd be mad at Jean Paul at their first meeting, but everything seemed to just happen too quickly, so that Bruce became a sort of mindless brute, instead of calculating and intelligent as you've seen him before.

That being said, I'm still looking forward to reading Vol.3 so I can see the story through to the end. Plus I did really enjoy the broad story itself--that being that Bruce was broken by Bane and Jean Paul took over as Batman, only to become sort of evil himself. It was great seeing Jean Paul's character and his interactions with some of the classic Batman villains, though I do wish there would have been more Bruce Wayne (as, besides the last comic, he only appears in one page), especially because the story was so long.