joebuuz's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
5.0
ananaga's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
pickett22's review against another edition
4.0
I really need to read Winter Soldier.
Also...
I love Natasha.
Also...
I love Natasha.
welkinvault's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
kaitbailer's review against another edition
4.0
I lovedddd this. 620-623 were perfect but I had some issues with 624.
softstarrynights's review against another edition
4.0
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After reading the first issue last year I finally go round to reading this trade which features #620-24 of Captain America (2004-2011). If I've said it once, I've said is 100 times, I love Bucky Barnes. I'd say I love him 3000 (Simultaneous wink and cry face), so this was a must read for me. I'm not typically interested in Golden Age/ Silver Age stuff, which meant that this was a great little wrap up of the sort of things that were going on in that era. We get to see Bucky as the sidekick, with a slightly different origin to the MCU Bucky. We get to cover a lot of territory in just a few issues, which works great as a recap, or if you just want to know a bit more about that character from his perspective. I should have some sort of review coming to you at some point!
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After reading the first issue last year I finally go round to reading this trade which features #620-24 of Captain America (2004-2011). If I've said it once, I've said is 100 times, I love Bucky Barnes. I'd say I love him 3000 (Simultaneous wink and cry face), so this was a must read for me. I'm not typically interested in Golden Age/ Silver Age stuff, which meant that this was a great little wrap up of the sort of things that were going on in that era. We get to see Bucky as the sidekick, with a slightly different origin to the MCU Bucky. We get to cover a lot of territory in just a few issues, which works great as a recap, or if you just want to know a bit more about that character from his perspective. I should have some sort of review coming to you at some point!
softstarrynights's review against another edition
4.0
[1st read- May 2019]
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What is the best MCU film? If you said Winter Soldier then you're a winner, and if you didn't then you're just incorrect. How did the source material hold up? Well, though it doesn't follow the exact plot of the film (which was somewhat expected) it impressed me more than I thought it would. I definitely got caught up in all the tension, which builds over the course of the plot. However it did feel as though it ended in a weird place, so the pay off wasn't quite there, though maybe this will be rectified in vol. 2.
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What is the best MCU film? If you said Winter Soldier then you're a winner, and if you didn't then you're just incorrect. How did the source material hold up? Well, though it doesn't follow the exact plot of the film (which was somewhat expected) it impressed me more than I thought it would. I definitely got caught up in all the tension, which builds over the course of the plot. However it did feel as though it ended in a weird place, so the pay off wasn't quite there, though maybe this will be rectified in vol. 2.
andie13's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
trike's review against another edition
4.0
Finally getting around to reading this, a series that’s considered a modern classic, and I can see why. Brubaker excels at writing espionage and he’s hitting on all cylinders here. If I have one minor complaint, it’s the reveal of who the Winter Soldier is. Marcus and McFeeley did it better in the film, but then they were working off of this excellent springboard.
I love the MCU, because it has been almost pitch-perfect in its adaptation of the source material. When you have stuff this good, I’m sure it makes the job both harder and easier. They can’t fit all the complexities of the book into a single movie, so they have to distill it. Superbly, I think. But that makes this book feel like the extended director’s cut, underscoring how everyone did their job so well.
I love the MCU, because it has been almost pitch-perfect in its adaptation of the source material. When you have stuff this good, I’m sure it makes the job both harder and easier. They can’t fit all the complexities of the book into a single movie, so they have to distill it. Superbly, I think. But that makes this book feel like the extended director’s cut, underscoring how everyone did their job so well.
stealingsilver's review against another edition
3.0
Started off quite slow but after a while it managed to get a bit grittier. There are huge bits of storyline that it washes over. I expect that these might be covered in other books.