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A review by mackle13
Justice League: Trinity War (the New 52) by Geoff Johns, Jeff Lemire
2.0
Recently I read [b:Justice League Dark, Vol. 4: The Rebirth of Evil|18463433|Justice League Dark, Vol. 4 The Rebirth of Evil|J.M. DeMatteis|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1401226555s/18463433.jpg|26119449] and realized this this volume was bits and pieces of a larger cross-over event, which is more thoroughly captured in Trinity War. Since my library had Trinity War (when I was actually looking for JLD 6) I decided to give it a go and see what it was like having more of the story.
And... it was ok. It wasn't the hot-miss of trying to read JLD4, but it wasn't a great story, either. It was just... too much, overall, and mostly focused on JL and JLA with only little forays into JLD and other titles. (And the Constantine bit was kinda terrible.)
I had two main issues with this, aside from above:
1) Inconsistencies and unexplained bits. For instance, Constantine
A bigger inconsistency which bothered me was with Batman and Stranger. In one volume, a JL one I think, Stranger says they have to question Doctor Light, but in the Stranger episode which comes later, it's Batman who has the idea and has to convince Stranger to do it. These sort of things kept popping up through the story.
Also, a lot of focus is placed on Madame Xanadu, but what she sees doesn't seem to be all that important.
2) The biggest issue is that there's a non-ending. Nothing is resolved, and this whole story is basically just set up for [b:Forever Evil|21524950|Forever Evil|Geoff Johns|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1395377427s/21524950.jpg|40850564], which is another/continuation of the cross-over thing, so, again, I've seen some parts of that in JLD4 already, but I guess I'll have to get Forever Evil to finish off the story. (Though I'm hoping I don't then have to read more companion material and can just finish it off.)
And... it was ok. It wasn't the hot-miss of trying to read JLD4, but it wasn't a great story, either. It was just... too much, overall, and mostly focused on JL and JLA with only little forays into JLD and other titles. (And the Constantine bit was kinda terrible.)
I had two main issues with this, aside from above:
1) Inconsistencies and unexplained bits. For instance, Constantine
Spoiler
takes Shazam out of play at one point, saying it's for the ultimate good. Shazam tells others John tried to steal his powers, which he does, albeit briefly, and it's not really explained why John did what he did or whether he actually was trying to steal his powers. (I say no to the latter because it's not like he could really use them.)A bigger inconsistency which bothered me was with Batman and Stranger. In one volume, a JL one I think, Stranger says they have to question Doctor Light, but in the Stranger episode which comes later, it's Batman who has the idea and has to convince Stranger to do it. These sort of things kept popping up through the story.
Also, a lot of focus is placed on Madame Xanadu, but what she sees doesn't seem to be all that important.
2) The biggest issue is that there's a non-ending. Nothing is resolved, and this whole story is basically just set up for [b:Forever Evil|21524950|Forever Evil|Geoff Johns|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1395377427s/21524950.jpg|40850564], which is another/continuation of the cross-over thing, so, again, I've seen some parts of that in JLD4 already, but I guess I'll have to get Forever Evil to finish off the story. (Though I'm hoping I don't then have to read more companion material and can just finish it off.)