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Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu
5.0
For my 20th read this year, I picked Marie Lu's Batman: Nightwalker up from my towering TBR because 1. It's the last unread Marie Lu book, 2. I'm in a sort of comic retelling mood after finishing Miles Morales: Spiderman las week, and 3. I'm still in a hangover, a good kind, after seeing Captain Marvel in cinema two days ago and I need some good kind of superhero adventures to let my mind wander into a different world before jumping into the MCU in time of Avengers: Endgame next month.
Enough with Marvel talks and let's focus on the resident nostalgic cape crusader from the Gotham City, in this novel Marie Lu did a fun universe of a teenage Bruce Wayne who, days after turning 18 and inheriting his parents' wealth, got caught in series of unfortunate events that led to him doing community service in the Arkham Asylum. And from there enters Madeleine Wallace, a notorious teen bandit-slash-murderer who is known for her connection with the elite Gotham terrorist group Nightwalker and for slitting the throats of her three victims. Knowing how cruel fate is, Bruce and Madeleine crossed path in the dark alleys of the asylum and became involved in each other's lives not knowing how hellish the consequences of their present actions are. After days of interaction with the most-wanted teen girl criminal of Gotham City, Btuce found himself wanting more and more time to talk to Madeleine ignoring the fact that she is a walking murderer with blood of three dead people in her hands. Aiming to find the truth behind Madeleine's backstory, Bruce found himself tangled in a web of lies, deceptions, and manipulations only to end questioning the reality of his connection with Madeleine.
In this riveting Batman retelling as part of the DC Icons Book serie, Marie Lu did a good job of displaying a different version of Bruce Wayne. The book presents the Marie Lu brand, with her action-packed scene and heart-rending love story between the main characters, and it still amazes me.
I love how Batman: Nightwalker includes the Legend and Warcross blend especially in that scene when Bruce and Richard had a virtual reality-based sparring session. That goggle scene screams Hideo Tanaka's NeuroLinka and I wonder if it happens in the same universe though that is a cracked up Q to ask.
Also, I like how unexpected the antagonist's character in this book. Like I had a moment when I thought it's Richard Price or it's Det. Draccon and I even suspected Lucius Fox of WayneTech. That's one heck of a good book revelation and it totally lived up to my expectation.
Lastly, the fact I love the most in this book is that we have a Filipina character in the name of Dianne Garcia. Though it was not explicitly iterted in the storyline, hidden clues suggest that Dianne is indeed a Filipina with her Lola beliefs and her Tagalog cursings. Happy to say that there's another Filipina character in the international book scene. Ciao.
Rating: 5 stars
Enough with Marvel talks and let's focus on the resident nostalgic cape crusader from the Gotham City, in this novel Marie Lu did a fun universe of a teenage Bruce Wayne who, days after turning 18 and inheriting his parents' wealth, got caught in series of unfortunate events that led to him doing community service in the Arkham Asylum. And from there enters Madeleine Wallace, a notorious teen bandit-slash-murderer who is known for her connection with the elite Gotham terrorist group Nightwalker and for slitting the throats of her three victims. Knowing how cruel fate is, Bruce and Madeleine crossed path in the dark alleys of the asylum and became involved in each other's lives not knowing how hellish the consequences of their present actions are. After days of interaction with the most-wanted teen girl criminal of Gotham City, Btuce found himself wanting more and more time to talk to Madeleine ignoring the fact that she is a walking murderer with blood of three dead people in her hands. Aiming to find the truth behind Madeleine's backstory, Bruce found himself tangled in a web of lies, deceptions, and manipulations only to end questioning the reality of his connection with Madeleine.
In this riveting Batman retelling as part of the DC Icons Book serie, Marie Lu did a good job of displaying a different version of Bruce Wayne. The book presents the Marie Lu brand, with her action-packed scene and heart-rending love story between the main characters, and it still amazes me.
I love how Batman: Nightwalker includes the Legend and Warcross blend especially in that scene when Bruce and Richard had a virtual reality-based sparring session. That goggle scene screams Hideo Tanaka's NeuroLinka and I wonder if it happens in the same universe though that is a cracked up Q to ask.
Also, I like how unexpected the antagonist's character in this book. Like I had a moment when I thought it's Richard Price or it's Det. Draccon and I even suspected Lucius Fox of WayneTech. That's one heck of a good book revelation and it totally lived up to my expectation.
Lastly, the fact I love the most in this book is that we have a Filipina character in the name of Dianne Garcia. Though it was not explicitly iterted in the storyline, hidden clues suggest that Dianne is indeed a Filipina with her Lola beliefs and her Tagalog cursings. Happy to say that there's another Filipina character in the international book scene. Ciao.
Rating: 5 stars