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A review by annashiv
DC Comics Novels - Batman: The Killing Joke by Gary Phillips, Christa Faust
2.0
I went into this not ever having read the comic or the animated movie adaptations of this story. I knew little tidbits here and there, but was looking forward to an in depth experience of what I've always heard to be one of the greatest batman comics of all time.
I was very disappointed.
The first two-hundred pages were extremely boring. Maybe it was the writing, maybe the story was interpreted differently. I don't know what was changed and what was accurate. All I can say is it was not good. I don't think the writing was adequate mainly because it very much felt like the author was just describing each panel as it came along. It felt like they were sticking too close to that format somehow and it just made it very bland.
The last one-hundred pages went quicker, but I still don't really see the hype. I do have massive respect for Gordon, and all he went through and how it played out. But who knows. Maybe it's just this version of it that doesn't work.
I was very disappointed.
The first two-hundred pages were extremely boring. Maybe it was the writing, maybe the story was interpreted differently. I don't know what was changed and what was accurate. All I can say is it was not good. I don't think the writing was adequate mainly because it very much felt like the author was just describing each panel as it came along. It felt like they were sticking too close to that format somehow and it just made it very bland.
The last one-hundred pages went quicker, but I still don't really see the hype. I do have massive respect for Gordon, and all he went through and how it played out. But who knows. Maybe it's just this version of it that doesn't work.