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A review by lilmatt050
Batman: Nightwalker (the Graphic Novel) by Marie Lu
3.0
True Rating: 3.5 Stars
I remember when DC started publishing these YA DC Superhero novels years ago, I was not in the slightest interesting in reading them but then I discovered that they have adapted some of them into graphic novels and my library had copies so I took advantage of the opportunity and I have to make a disclaimer that the graphic novel illustration and artwork is beautiful and worth 5 stars for keeping me engaged. But the story and marketing in this book is meh.
This graphic novel should actually be titled as Bruce Wayne: Nightwalker due to the fact that you don’t get Batman plain and simple. You start to see some of the mythology of Batman being developed but everything is pretty much about Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne is 18 years old, meaning he is legally an adult therefore has inherited his parents legacy of Wayne Corporation. He is a bit lost in the sense how does he honor his parents legacy and yet carve out a path for himself now that he is entering adulthood.
I love the whole aspect of the Nightwalkers and tackling themes of economic social class structures for an Young Adult novel. The 1% of Gotham City vs the poor which is not a new concept by any means but especially in the times we are living in, seeing that conversation being reflected in a graphic novel is an interesting concept and reanalyzing Batman and how Bruce Wayne is part of the 1% percent let them eat cake rich.
But overall the story towards the end did not fully captured my imagination and probably it has to be due to the fact of my age when this is geared more towards pre-teens/teens and that there are so many Batman comics that I have read that does a better job at conceptualizing the dark themes of Gotham and the mythos of Batman. Like I said earlier the illustrations is absolutely beautiful and a gem to read but everything else falls flat in the end. I hope I get to see Madeline again in the DC universe.
I remember when DC started publishing these YA DC Superhero novels years ago, I was not in the slightest interesting in reading them but then I discovered that they have adapted some of them into graphic novels and my library had copies so I took advantage of the opportunity and I have to make a disclaimer that the graphic novel illustration and artwork is beautiful and worth 5 stars for keeping me engaged. But the story and marketing in this book is meh.
This graphic novel should actually be titled as Bruce Wayne: Nightwalker due to the fact that you don’t get Batman plain and simple. You start to see some of the mythology of Batman being developed but everything is pretty much about Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne is 18 years old, meaning he is legally an adult therefore has inherited his parents legacy of Wayne Corporation. He is a bit lost in the sense how does he honor his parents legacy and yet carve out a path for himself now that he is entering adulthood.
I love the whole aspect of the Nightwalkers and tackling themes of economic social class structures for an Young Adult novel. The 1% of Gotham City vs the poor which is not a new concept by any means but especially in the times we are living in, seeing that conversation being reflected in a graphic novel is an interesting concept and reanalyzing Batman and how Bruce Wayne is part of the 1% percent let them eat cake rich.
But overall the story towards the end did not fully captured my imagination and probably it has to be due to the fact of my age when this is geared more towards pre-teens/teens and that there are so many Batman comics that I have read that does a better job at conceptualizing the dark themes of Gotham and the mythos of Batman. Like I said earlier the illustrations is absolutely beautiful and a gem to read but everything else falls flat in the end. I hope I get to see Madeline again in the DC universe.