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ultramarine316's review against another edition
4.0
Olive was left, for all intents and purposes, an orphan when Batman put her mother to Arkham asylum. Fortunately, Bruce Wayne, acting as a completely disinterested philanthropist, of course, has provided her with a scholarship to attend Gotham Academy, the same prestigious prep school he attended as a child. However, Olive's memories of the events that put her mother in Arkham are largely missing, leading her to fear that she might be going crazy too and the old school seems to be hiding some secrets of its own.
I was unsure about this one at first. For one thing, it jumps right into the story in a way that kept making me wonder if this was really the first volume or if I'd picked up a later one by mistake. For another, I was afraid that the gothic clichés were going to get cloying. But I soon got into it; madness and crumbling gothic buildings (and bats) have always been part of batman, this story just plays them up.
I was unsure about this one at first. For one thing, it jumps right into the story in a way that kept making me wonder if this was really the first volume or if I'd picked up a later one by mistake. For another, I was afraid that the gothic clichés were going to get cloying. But I soon got into it; madness and crumbling gothic buildings (and bats) have always been part of batman, this story just plays them up.
efactorygirl's review against another edition
4.0
This was more of a 3.5 or 3.75 for me.
This was def. overhyped for me and I think that was my initial problem, I came into this with way too high expectations.
While I enjoyed the story it did feel a little disjointed at times and I felt like I was missing things at times.
I thought the art was really great and really worked well in the "Gotham" world.
Overall I did enjoy this volume and will be checking out the next one.
This was def. overhyped for me and I think that was my initial problem, I came into this with way too high expectations.
While I enjoyed the story it did feel a little disjointed at times and I felt like I was missing things at times.
I thought the art was really great and really worked well in the "Gotham" world.
Overall I did enjoy this volume and will be checking out the next one.
librarydancer's review against another edition
This book did not make any sense to me. I do not understand how all these Gotham books tie together.
immortalfireboy's review against another edition
5.0
Aww I enjoyed this so much! Very accessible and fun.
toebean5's review against another edition
3.0
There's some good set-up for future works. Not sure that it interests me enough to keep reading, though.