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Catwoman Vol. 2: Far from Gotham by Joëlle Jones

catsforlenny's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

joshgauthier's review against another edition

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4.0

The majority of this volume delivers a strong continuation of this series. The final two issues--out of continuity with the rest of the story--are fine, but don't reach quite the same level of art or storytelling.

ladykaylee's review

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mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No

3.5

I liked this book better than volume one, but it's still not what I was hoping for out of the series.  I'll read volume 3, and then I'll decide if I want to keep going or quit the series.

Things I liked:
  • The two different heists- I like group/ team heists, which was very Oceans 11
  • The murder mystery

Things I didn't like
  • the "romance"
  • the weird zombie things?
  • the fatphobia 

wrenny03's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

1.75

deshauntae's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

heavenlyhalflatina's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

morgantdr's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

gothamgal's review against another edition

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5.0

The series continues. I really like the way Jones portrays Selina and I hope to read much more.
The main baddie is SO cool!

pantsyreads's review against another edition

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2.0

I was disappointed that more of this volume wasn’t illustrated by Jones. The guest artists were fine, but Jones’ work is something else.

The story was fine, but I didn’t care for it, and honestly, it’s completely forgettable. I read this a little less than a week ago and I’ve forgotten a lot of the details. Something about a relic that requires blood sacrifice and the villain being very one-dimensionally villain-y.

I also didn’t care at all for the annual issue’s story of Catwoman taking in a bunch of young women and teaching them to steal. It wasn’t anything special at all.

This series has been disappointing as a whole, if I’m being honest. I had high hopes as I love Jones’ artwork and I love that a female writer is taking on Catwoman, but it’s been very meandering so far. I don’t think it helps that this is sort of a spin-off to Tom King’s Batman which I’ve been loving, as I keep unconsciously comparing it to that.

I don’t know if this series is still on-going (I think it is? It left things off on quite the cliffhanger), but I’ll probably only give it one more volume to win me over.

lazaram's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

3.75