A review by steffie95
Batman: Streets of Gotham - The House of Hush by Dustin Nguyen, Paul Dini, Derek Fridolfs
3.0
I'm going to say that this volume was my favourite out of the three. I preferred the middle->ending of the second volume, while disliking the beginning of that volume. Whereas, with this third volume, I enjoyed the beginning->middle but felt thoroughly dissatisfied with the ending.
I'm a bit on the fence about this series as a whole. I've heard nothing but praise for it, however, I couldn't say I felt anything beyond 'meh' for it. It was enjoyable in parts, but overall it was just average, in my opinion.
Whatever my opinions on this book are, I do recommend people check it out if they're interested in some Dick Grayson Batman stories, or Damian Wayne Robin stories. Also, volume two introduced Colin Wilkes, who I really like. I love his relationship with Damian, and I wish Colin was in more stories.
Not to get too into spoiler territory, but towards the end of this volume a minor character is introduced and implied to be sexually and physically abused by one of the bad guys. I wasn't aware this was going to be in the book, and it made me feel sick reading it... And sicker, when he didn't seem to get any help out of his situation. In the end it felt like he was just forgotten? Left in that awful situation? For how long even? If you squint you could say that one particular major character is that boy grown up.. But, yeah... It wasn't even graphic or anything... I dunno... It just got to me. He felt so forgotten and alone, in the hands of that sleazebag... And even if that character later on was the boy grown up, the character he grew up to be is awful.. So.. it was disturbing seeing how badly things turned out for this kid.
Finally... Tommy Elliot is such an asshat in this series. I was hoping he'd get some development by the end of the series, but his total immaturity throughout was amusing enough that his lack of development didn't bother me too much in the end.
I'm a bit on the fence about this series as a whole. I've heard nothing but praise for it, however, I couldn't say I felt anything beyond 'meh' for it. It was enjoyable in parts, but overall it was just average, in my opinion.
Whatever my opinions on this book are, I do recommend people check it out if they're interested in some Dick Grayson Batman stories, or Damian Wayne Robin stories. Also, volume two introduced Colin Wilkes, who I really like. I love his relationship with Damian, and I wish Colin was in more stories.
Not to get too into spoiler territory, but towards the end of this volume a minor character is introduced and implied to be sexually and physically abused by one of the bad guys. I wasn't aware this was going to be in the book, and it made me feel sick reading it... And sicker, when he didn't seem to get any help out of his situation. In the end it felt like he was just forgotten? Left in that awful situation? For how long even? If you squint you could say that one particular major character is that boy grown up.. But, yeah... It wasn't even graphic or anything... I dunno... It just got to me. He felt so forgotten and alone, in the hands of that sleazebag... And even if that character later on was the boy grown up, the character he grew up to be is awful.. So.. it was disturbing seeing how badly things turned out for this kid.
Finally... Tommy Elliot is such an asshat in this series. I was hoping he'd get some development by the end of the series, but his total immaturity throughout was amusing enough that his lack of development didn't bother me too much in the end.