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A review by raveenjay_
Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller
3.0
What a fantastic... opening two acts :(
The novel engrossed me from the very first page. The premise of famed Daredevil villain: Kingpin, learning of Matt's identity and slowly tearing his life apart was incredibly gripping. Seeing Matt transcend into madness, paranoia and how that inflicted upon his relationships was really tense to see. It did a great job at posing Kingpin as a genuine threat, something that I personal struggle to see in a lot of stories, the villain feeling like an actual danger to our protagonist.
What let me down about the book was the final act. It felt rushed, convoluted and little bit off-key for how the story was being set up. Although I was excited to see other iconic Marvel characters make an appearance, Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, the way it all unfolded felt a little odd. Instead of getting this cathartic conclusion of Daredevil outwitting, or taking down Kingpin in a entertaining way, we see what I feel was a serious events unfold that led to Kingpin's empire crumbling just that tiny bit. May have been intentional, and probably would need a couple of re-reads to fully comprehend, but upon initial reading fell a little flat. But i don't what that to take away from this really great read, and a great introduction to a character that I was only really familiar with from cartoons and TV.
The novel engrossed me from the very first page. The premise of famed Daredevil villain: Kingpin, learning of Matt's identity and slowly tearing his life apart was incredibly gripping. Seeing Matt transcend into madness, paranoia and how that inflicted upon his relationships was really tense to see. It did a great job at posing Kingpin as a genuine threat, something that I personal struggle to see in a lot of stories, the villain feeling like an actual danger to our protagonist.
What let me down about the book was the final act. It felt rushed, convoluted and little bit off-key for how the story was being set up. Although I was excited to see other iconic Marvel characters make an appearance, Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, the way it all unfolded felt a little odd. Instead of getting this cathartic conclusion of Daredevil outwitting, or taking down Kingpin in a entertaining way, we see what I feel was a serious events unfold that led to Kingpin's empire crumbling just that tiny bit. May have been intentional, and probably would need a couple of re-reads to fully comprehend, but upon initial reading fell a little flat. But i don't what that to take away from this really great read, and a great introduction to a character that I was only really familiar with from cartoons and TV.