Maybe I could appreciate this comic more if I was reading it around the time it was first published and Batman's gritty and modern 'realism' was fresh, but as of yesterday I did not enjoy it.

I had little to no interest in learning about James Gordon's origin or perspective, which was unfortunate since his character was arguably given more focus than even Bruce himself.

I also did not understand how many of Bruce's actions involved in his mission to save Gotham were constructive. He was eventually able to bring down some corrupt members of the local government and police force, but before that he attacked a man exploiting a child as a prostitute without actually helping her out of that horrific situation and used near-lethal force on what he recognized was a group of teenage thieves.

If there was a message about morality included in the multitude of thoughtless actions included in this story I failed to grasp it, though I probably will continue to read different Batman titles going forward.