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Birds Of Prey, Vol. 2: Your Kiss Might Kill (2013)

by Duane Swierczynski(Favorite Author)

3.47 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1401238130 (ISBN13: 9781401238131)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

DC Comics

series

Birds of Prey III

review 1: This series got a little better in the second volume, though, overall, it remains very, very average. And this volume kinda went all "Captain Planet", which felt a little awkward to me.My biggest complaint is that the characters have no depth. And so it feels strange when we are forced to learn their back stories. Kinda like being given an answer to a question you didn't ask. I would much prefer to be intrigued by their personalities, their quirks, behaviours and dynamic in the group first; build my curiosity up instead of presenting every detail on a plate right under my nose.For example, Katana. Every time she talks to her sword, someone on the team pipes up to explain that her dead husband is trapped inside and that's the reason she talks to it. Does it have to be... more that way? Couldn't we just wonder why the heck she is talking to her sword? Give her a weird little quirk that no one else has? Make us question her behaviour and sanity? Why does everything have to be explained to the reader at point-blank range? Give the reader a little space to imagine for themselves and breathe life into the character.Because, as it is now, Starling is the only character with an ounce of personality. All of the other teammates seem like the exact same person, to me.Meh. I complain too much. I guess I see that there is potential in this title... and it is just sitting there not being used. 3.5/5
review 2: The reason Vol 2 is better than Vol 1 is because Poison Ivy takes over for awhile. This New 52 version of the Birds of Prey is making me feel like I really don't like Black Canary, which is a real shame because I've seen some sort of cartoon with her in it and I remember wanting to know more about her. Overall we have another cliffhanger ending that I was more annoyed with then I felt anything else. I don't know what's up with this team, I don't know if it's the writing or they aren't getting to do anything compelling because they are an all girl team (which also translates to comic book head honchos think less people will read the books since they're all girls so less focus is placed on them). This is such an interesting team and I feel like they can do some truly compelling things, but right now they're defaulting on soap opera type story lines. less

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