yeah okay it’s not like I needed emotional stability or anything, just hit me with blow after blow of historical revelations, it’s FINE 

also ending this with Yona being the boss babe she is YES 

losing my mind at how we're starting to go into the backstory of the previous generation and how the past storyline so far is just as tense and interesting as the the one following yona and all the characters i already love.

This was a solid read that worked on most levels, even though I haven't read Fear State and that apparently is the basis for the entirety of Pamela's mindset here. The book does enough to explain what happened and why it's fucked her up, but it doesn't quite reach the levels it needs to justify this physical and emotional journey she's on. Wilson does attempt to make some decent commentary on nature vs humans via Pamela's End All Humans tour, but it feels like it meant absolutely nothing with the wimpy way that she has a change of heart in the end. The final issue just felt like a way to have Pamela turn away from becoming a straight up villain, just because she's a fan favorite and needs to be more of an anti-hero. 

The art was solid, but I don't think it was Takara's best work. The body horror art didn't do much for me, and body horror is typically one of those sub-genres that freaks me out no matter what.

I was thoroughly unimpressed on multiple levels. 

There is no DC in this, other than this ostensibly being Jessica Cruz, Jon Stewart being a friend of hers, and this taking place in Coast City. Oh, Jessica gets a green ring at some point but it's just her dad's ring. There's literally NOTHING that ties this to DC otherwise. It's just a story about how anti-immigration policies are blind to the actual harm they cause to people and families who are just trying to live their lives. It's an important story to tell, but to call this a DC tie in is just absurd. 

The art was...something. I think I understood what the artist was going for, but it fell flat. The artist can't draw human bodies at all; sometimes Jessica has proper proportions and sometimes she looks like a goomba from the 90s Mario movie. The color work is decent, but it feels muddy and messy at times because the backgrounds feel so unfinished. 

Anyway. Overall a simple okay story, but not one that should have been touted as DC anything, and the art wasn't great.

 Soft DNF @ page 178. Interesting, but my brain is NOT handling this well right now. Loved the first part, but once it transitioned to the hard sci-fi, my brain noped out. Will definitely give this a try again in the future, maybe after I watch the upcoming TV series. 

DNF @ 14%. I have never been so glad to read other reviews and see that I'm definitely not alone in thinking this is so needlessly complex and confusing. 

I guess I understand the project Fonda Lee was going for here. Unfortunately, I found it pretty boring overall.

This Nightwing run is so good. Just SO GOOD. I'd truly recommend this Tom Taylor run to anyone interested in checking out the book, even if you don't know much DC. There's enough explanation (but not too much to weigh things down) to give context to all the relationships that are touched on in almost every single issue. Batman is always cool and cold and in the shadows, but Dick is a family man and a true friend and that SHINES here, makes this a better book than I could have hoped for. 

Also +1000 points for having Babs laugh in Dick's face at the tropey "it's too dangerous to be together" shtick. 

Redondo is just so fucking good at his craft. The art is so good. The variant covers are so good. Everything about this book has been JUST SO GOOD.

HOWWWW is this series THIS good? It strikes such a perfect balance between superhero work and Dick's friend & family relationships. Action and heart through and through, with some BANGIN art. The first issue with Redondo's full pages of moving action...chef's kiss. Six stars. Just fantastic.