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The Believers
by Zoe Heller

read in May, 2013

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“The Believers”, Zoe Heller’s third novel, starts with the patriarch of the Litvinoff family, Joel, a successful American lefty solicitor, who has a stroke in court and goes into a coma. His wife Audrey is more or less the main character, an Englishw...more “The Believers”, Zoe Heller’s third novel, starts with the patriarch of the Litvinoff family, Joel, a successful American lefty solicitor, who has a stroke in court and goes into a coma. His wife Audrey is more or less the main character, an Englishwoman who moved to New York with Joel back in the 60s and has stayed ever since. Their children, Rosa, a strongly political woman recently converted to orthodox Judaism, Karla, a timid, overweight woman stuck in an unhappy marriage with a union organiser who wants kids which Karla can’t provide for him, and Lenny, an adopted son and a junkie. When Joel goes into a coma, Berenice Mason, his mistress, comes out of the woodwork to announce that she and Joel have a lovechild together, much to the dismay of Joel’s family and to the unbridled fury of Audrey. That said, Berenice plays a very minor role in the novel - the book is mostly about the Litvinoff family dynamics.

There really isn’t a plot to speak of, this is a completely character driven novel. Instead we get to know the characters and their lives - Rosa’s search for her identity by exploring Judaism, Karla’s sudden true love manifesting when she least expects, and Audrey, stood above them all, tapping her foot impatiently, scowling, taking a drag on a spliff and commenting acidly on them all as the brilliantly realised matriarch of the brood.

The characters may be hard to like but their interactions are priceless and Audrey’s dialogue in particular is wonderfully withering - every time she appeared, I knew we’d get a great scene, usually between her and her worn out daughters, Karla and Rosa. While they may be a politically motivated family, we slowly see the contradictions in their behaviour and their true natures manifest themselves in small moments.

The book just sort of ends anticlimactically. Because there’s no plot, there’s no massive finale, and, with maybe one exception, none of the characters have an arc to speak of. And yet it’s totally satisfying - at least to me. Maybe it’s the way I read this book, taking my time with it, reading a few pages each day, spending weeks making my way through it instead of barrelling through in a day or two like I usually do. If I had bolted the book, I’m sure my opinion would be different. As it is, I really liked it.

The ability to stop and start and the lack of a plot is something I’m sure other readers who might not take the same slow approach I did, might pick out as qualities to dislike. It is a brave approach by Heller to present absolutely no urgency in this book. You can easily put it down at any moment because there really isn’t any hurry to keep reading to the end of the chapter - the characters aren’t really going anywhere, there’s no overbearing storyline forcing the characters into action, the pages tick by at a gentle pace. It’s not at all like Heller’s previous books, especially the brilliant “Notes on a Scandal” which became more and more tense as the novel wore on. “The Believers” is instead almost stubborn in its way of refusing to pander to the reader’s sensibilities of narrative fiction.

So make no mistake - this is not a book that will keep you in suspense, or keep you up late into the night because you just can’t wait to see what happens next. No, it’s a slow, measured read that rewards those who enjoy carefully and expertly written prose with fully realised characters. “The Believers” showcases a writer at the top of her game and it’s a remarkable masterclass in writing. It may be easy to put down but it’s just as easy to pick back up.(less)

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Avengers, Vol. 1: Avengers World
by Jonathan Hickman

read in May, 2013

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I really like Jonathan Hickman’s Manhattan Projects and he strikes me as a good ideas guy who puts together really cool designs like logos in his books, but, man, try as I do, I just cannot warm to any of his superhero comics. They’re all filled with...more I really like Jonathan Hickman’s Manhattan Projects and he strikes me as a good ideas guy who puts together really cool designs like logos in his books, but, man, try as I do, I just cannot warm to any of his superhero comics. They’re all filled with what seem like big ideas - “gods” creating life, high evolution, solving galaxy-sized problems, looking at the universe as a whole - but reading it is just the blandest, most boring experience.

The comics almost always feature narratives along the lines of creation, space, the universe, and abstract characters like a New Adam or the Mother of the Universe. The first three issues of Avengers World has a trio of World Engineers who’ve lived for millions (or billions or whatever, it doesn’t matter) years creating and destroying worlds and they’ve now set their sights on Earth to terraform into a new utopia, wiping out humanity. Except they’re on Mars which they’re turned green with their alien tech and have decided to bombard Earth with organic bombs a la the giant bugs in Starship Troopers.

And then we get to the Avengers who teleport over to Mars to fight these god-like aliens. In what world do characters like Black Widow, Hawkeye, or Falcon stand a chance against these ridiculously powerful creatures? Even Cap, the team leader, really shouldn’t make a dent on any of the alien creatures, throwing his shield at them or no. The only ones who could make a difference would be Thor, Hulk, Hyperion - the truly powerful members of the Avengers. It’s farcical to believe that every member of the Avengers can make a difference in this scenario - even fan favourites like Spider-man and Wolverine seem useless in this story.

I get that Hickman is “going bigger” with this storyline but his additions to the team lineup render almost all of them useless. I mean, the Mother of the Universe? Why even bother having any other member on the team? Considering her powers are limitless and insanely powerful, it seems wholly pointless having someone like Spider Woman on her side as her contribution is completely diminished.

Hickman’s bland storytelling, which involves characters talking abstractly about, what become, boring concepts - we’ve got to get bigger, we’ve got to get smarter, etc. over and over - makes for a truly tedious read. After the world-building aliens in the first three issues, the second half is a cobbled-together assortment of random space battles and setting up another Hickman-esque event storyline called The White Event. I’m trying but I really can’t connect with his superhero stuff - reading this book makes me feel that he doesn’t care at all and that he cares a lot all at the same time. I know, it’s really weird.

But honestly, I did not care about anything in this book even for a moment. Big ideas, sure I guess - space adventures, god aliens - but executed so poorly as to render interesting ideas, dull. Once again, Hickman fails to interest with another superhero book. The one time I enjoyed the book was looking at the variant covers gallery and seeing Deadpool dancing gangnam style. If only that had been this book...(less)

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Aquaman, Vol. 2: The Others
by Geoff Johns

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Wow, from a strong opening volume to a very poor follow-up, the curse of the Volume 2 New 52s continues with Aquaman as its latest victim. Full review here!

Sam Quixote rated a book 5 of 5 stars

Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life As A Weapon
by Matt Fraction

read in May, 2013

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Fraction writes the best book of his career with Hawkeye, giving the character the kind of adventures the other Avengers wish they could have. Phenomenal art from Aja and Pulido makes Volume 1 of Hawkeye one of the best books Marvel has put out all y...more

Sam Quixote rated a book 3 of 5 stars

Batman: Year 100
by Paul Pope

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Set in 2039 (100 years after Batman debuted in Detective Comics #27 in 1939), Gotham has become a police state and the overbearing authorities know everything about everyone. A cop is killed and Batman is suspected as he was at the scene - an obvious...more Set in 2039 (100 years after Batman debuted in Detective Comics #27 in 1939), Gotham has become a police state and the overbearing authorities know everything about everyone. A cop is killed and Batman is suspected as he was at the scene - an obvious frame job. It’s also the first appearance he has made in public for years and people have forgotten his existence - is the mythological Batman real? He is nonetheless hunted by psychic cops, robot dogs, and other futuristic crime-fighting tools. In the course of finding the real killer, Batman discovers that there’s a doomsday weapon being sold on the black market by the (clearly corrupt) cops in charge. Will he stop them in time...?

Year 100 is a very uneven book that I really wanted to like. There’s the dystopian future angle, and the attention-grabbing title adding to the mystery of whether Batman is still Bruce Wayne (it couldn’t be - could it?), both of which I liked, but while this is an initially exciting story, as it goes on Paul Pope keeps readers at a distance from the characters and this world by revealing very little information about them.

How did things get to this point - Gotham as a police state? What event triggered such an extreme reaction? If this is Bruce Wayne as Batman, how is that possible - Wayne would be somewhere around 120-150 years old, so who is Batman? What happened to his fortune? What of the rogues like the Joker? What happened to the Justice League? We’re never told the answers to any of these questions.

So it’s quite a limited view of the future. On the one hand that’s great because we don’t need someone there literally explaining the history of this Gotham, but on the other hand a hint as to the origins of this dystopian future would’ve been appreciated for a more satisfactory reading experience. As such, Pope’s narrative deftness makes the book feel that much easier to forget and become less involved with because we’re never given the chance to inhabit this world.

Also, I found that the plot ended up becoming more of a hindrance than an enjoyable story. At first it’s a fast-paced, exciting story of Batman on the run and then after about 100 pages, Pope decides to explain the plot by having the reader follow Batman figure out what’s going on, step by tedious step. It’s an overlong sequence where for nearly 40 interminable pages Batman sits in a room and talks with Robin and Oracle. Exposition, exposition, exposition - it really puts the brakes on the story while also being really boring to read. I get that the reader needed to be caught up to the point of the book, but what a clunky way of doing it.

Some people have complained about Pope’s art but I loved it. It’s different, it’s fluid (which is an excellent quality to have when it comes to the action), and he somehow manages to make machinery feel organic! The Batmobile in this book is an awesome tricked-out motorcycle that, when not being used, hangs in such a way (dripping oil like sweat) as to look like a giant sleeping bat - it’s a really cool effect. Pope also has Batman live up to his name, making him look animalistic in fight scenes, wearing sharp false teeth, and also on the cover where he looks almost rodent-like perched atop a pair of chimneys. I also liked that his mask is similar to the original Bob Kane design while also looking like something a luchadore would wear, and the fact that the cops of the future look like hockey players with colourful uniforms instead of boring black kevlar.

I would’ve liked Pope to have at least hinted at Batman’s identity, but I’m fine that he didn’t. I get that it’s not so much about the identity behind the mask as the mask itself as a symbol of justice and hope for the disenfranchised and that it doesn’t matter who wears the cowl, just that someone wears it and exemplifies the ideals of Batman. The book is basically about Batman fighting the Man in a futuristic setting - dystopian future meets Hong Kong action movie - and that’s fine as far as it goes.

I did find the ending a bit silly with Pope using the kind of ending that’s been used too many times - Batman tells the baddies that he knows all about their plan and then the Bad Guy says: “How did you know?” to which Batman grins and says “I didn’t but you just confirmed it for me”. Ugh. It’s that smarmy playground-ish kind of ending that doesn’t befit the World’s Greatest Detective - though it does add credence to the idea that this isn’t Bruce Wayne after all as I think Bruce would’ve figured it out himself rather than guessed.

Overall, Year 100 isn’t a great Batman book but it’s not a bad one. It has enough in it to make it worth picking up but it felt overlong by half, the ending was disappointing, and there were simply too many unanswered questions that stopped it from being a satisfactory read. It’s got some great art and is an interesting Elseworlds concept, but it’s not an essential Batman book to read.

Also included is the 18 page short Pope wrote/drew back in 1997 featuring a German Jewish Baruch Wane/Batman in 1939 Berlin, fighting against Nazi oppression in the lead up to the war’s outbreak.(less)

Sam Quixote rated a book 3 of 5 stars

Fury MAX: My War Gone By Volume 1
by Garth Ennis

read in May, 2013

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Garth Ennis picks up the character of Nick Fury, head of SHIELD, to write about what he writes about best - war. The framing device of the book is Fury sat in a hotel room, three prostitutes in the bed, a bourbon in one hand, a microphone in the othe...more Garth Ennis picks up the character of Nick Fury, head of SHIELD, to write about what he writes about best - war. The framing device of the book is Fury sat in a hotel room, three prostitutes in the bed, a bourbon in one hand, a microphone in the other, talking into it with a cigar in his mouth about his battlefield experiences during the Cold War. The first three issues are about his time in 1954 French Indochina in the lead-up to Vietnam, and the second three issues are about his time in 1961 during the Bay of Pigs fiasco, trying to assassinate Castro.

Having read it, I can say this is one of the weakest Ennis/war books I’ve read, and I’ve read them all. But then I thought some more about the stories he chose - two losing conflicts - and about what he chose to focus on in the stories. The most memorable part of the first story is about Fury and Hatherly (Fury’s idealistic sharp-shooting compadre) encountering an ex-Nazi now working as mercenary sergeant for the French and Hatherly’s reaction to a free ex-Nazi, so obviously proud of his time in the war. The memorable part of the second story is when Fury kills a fellow soldier after he’s saved from shark-infested water, minus his arms - an asked-for mercy killing, given emotionlessly.

I think Ennis wanted to talk about the morals of war in this book and these events illustrated those points the best. The grey areas wars are fought in by the people who do the fighting and those who run them -and the harsh realities people must live with in order to survive. In truth, the book didn’t need to have Nick Fury in it - Ennis has done numerous war books published outside of the Big 2, and this one read like any story from War Stories or Battlefields - all Fury is, is a tough bruiser with a strong head for strategy and a taste for war, but he could’ve been substituted for any archetypal tough guy really.

Goran Parlov does a fine job with the art, drawing the action perfectly and capturing the bloodiness of war in all its darkness. The extras at the end of the book show his dedication for historical accuracy as he drew the wrong type of planes in one issue and when Ennis pointed that out to him, he went back and re-drew the pages. Ennis and Parlov are a great pairing and if you enjoyed this book, definitely look for their work together on Ennis’ masterpiece, Punisher MAX.

While “My War Gone By” is a thoughtful, smart book that brings to life military disasters from the Cold War, I wasn’t as won over by the book as I was with Ennis’ last Fury book, Fury: Peacemaker. Nor is this book as brilliant as War Stories which I highly recommend. In the end, the stories are somewhat forgettable and feel quite small given the vast canvas of opportunities Ennis had with this character.(less)

Sam Quixote rated a book 5 of 5 stars

The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman
by Raymond Briggs

read in May, 2013

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Raymond Briggs is one of the finest cartoonists that ever lived and an incredibly gifted and natural storyteller. The Snowman is one of the most pure and classic Christmas stories ever, while I’ll never forget reading Fungus the Bogeyman when I was a...more Raymond Briggs is one of the finest cartoonists that ever lived and an incredibly gifted and natural storyteller. The Snowman is one of the most pure and classic Christmas stories ever, while I’ll never forget reading Fungus the Bogeyman when I was a kid and loving every comically grotesque and funny panel. As an adult I rediscovered Briggs by reading When the Wind Blows, a powerful story of the Cold War, and Gentleman Jim, a deceptively simple story of a cleaner. Maybe the best Briggs book though is Ethel and Ernest, the story of Briggs’ parents and his tribute to them - simply put, beautiful. If you’re not bawling by the end, you’re not human. Seriously, if you want to read a comic with bags of heart and elegant art, read that book.

Amidst all of that is Briggs’ 1984 classic indictment of the Thatcher Administration and the Falklands conflict, now reprinted in the year of Thatcher’s death: The Tin Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman. The Tin Pot General was Argentine General Leopoldo Galtieri and of course Margaret Thatcher was the Old Iron Woman. In less than 50 pages, Briggs satirises the pettiness of the conflict that was the Falklands war while capturing the devastation war brings to those caught up in it.

He switches styles from brash cartoonish satirical wizardry to drawing in quiet pencils to depict the fallen and permanently injured soldiers - it’s a haunting sequence and a stark change of pace from the flamboyant way he draws Thatcher and Galtieri. Briggs wrote this as a satire on the Falklands but really it could be about any war. The losers are always ordinary people who are quickly forgotten by those who instigated the conflict in the first place, and pointless wars continue to be waged.

Because of the way Briggs draws Thatcher as kind of like Parker and Stone depict Barbara Streisand in South Park (Mecha Streisand!), robotic with cannons for breasts that open up and spew forth tax money, I wouldn’t say this is at all a book suitable for kids. And if not for that, then the muted, devastating way he shows the casualties of war ought to be carefully presented to youngsters as the drawings are quite blunt.

The Tin Pot General and the Old Iron Woman is well worth picking up to remind ourselves of the true cost of war and the true nature of nationalism - it is another defiantly intelligent and brilliant work from the master, Raymond Briggs.(less)

Sam Quixote rated a book 3 of 5 stars

Swamp Thing, Vol. 2: Family Tree
by Scott Snyder (Goodreads Author)

read in May, 2013

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The second volume of Scott Snyder's Swamp Thing is a mish-mash of storylines collected together to form a fragmentary whole - there's the conclusion to the Sethe storyline from the first volume, Anton Arcane is introduced and attempts a kidnapping, w...more The second volume of Scott Snyder's Swamp Thing is a mish-mash of storylines collected together to form a fragmentary whole - there's the conclusion to the Sethe storyline from the first volume, Anton Arcane is introduced and attempts a kidnapping, we get the #0 issue showing the origins of Swamp Thing, there's Alec Holland and Abby Arcane's first meeting, and we get dropped right into the middle of the Rotworld Event. Lotta stuff, right?

First off, the Sethe storyline from the first book was good but felt really rushed in the conclusion here, like Snyder wanted to get it out of the way and move the character onto the Animal Man crossover/Rotworld Event. The story ends with basically a lot of fighting between Swamp Thing and the zombiefied horror creatures, with Sethe limping off weakly and quietly at the end. It just seemed like a very unoriginal ending - another story that ends with a big fight. Yawn. Maybe it's just me expecting more from an original writer like Snyder.

But while fighting isn't the best thing to read, Yanick Paquette's artwork on this sequence is outstanding. His character design for Swamp Thing is amazing, making him look like a pagan god, while the Rot creatures, especially the one in control of Abby, is eye-catching and memorable - not to mention grotesquely beautiful! Unfortunately Paquette only illustrated a couple of issues in the book and while the other artists do a decent job (some copying his page layouts), none can match the sheer brilliance of Paquette's strong unique style.

The Anton Arcane story - the Family Tree reference of the title - is ok but again it felt a bit unoriginal. Bad guy busts into house, screaming, etc. ensues, some fighting between good and bad characters, the end. Again it felt like filler from Snyder and read like he was being rushed.

The #0 issue gets things back on track, and read like a folk tale between a forest sprite and a demon (Swamp Thing and Anton Arcane) - I really enjoyed this and think it was the best part of the book.

I haven't read Animal Man Volume 2 (and don't intend to) and know nothing about Rotworld and what it's about/supposed to be, so the inclusion of it here feels a little confusing. Dead Man? Swamp Thing is a giant? What is Rotworld? The story contained within this story is Alec, Abby, and Anton's first meeting in a picturesque isolated European town years ago and had the flavour of Stoker's Dracula with the isolated castle and deadly host, so I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the story is pretty good too.

Swamp Thing Volume 2: Family Tree has some good moments and some decent stories, one or two of which stand out, but the overall disjointed feel of the book and the lack of a strong narrative in the book makes it a weak follow-up to the great first volume. It's disappointing that DC failed to let the series settle and grow naturally like a series should and instead forced it into doing an Event so early and a gimmick like the #0 issue which forced it to go suddenly backwards. The overall effect on the book as a whole is jumbled and chaotic - hopefully Volume 3 will be more focused.(less)

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Batman: The Long Halloween
by Jeph Loeb

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Sam Quixote rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Believers by Zoe Heller read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
“The Believers”, Zoe Heller’s third novel, starts with the patriarch of the Litvinoff family, Joel, a successful American lefty solicitor, who has a stroke in court and goes into a coma. His wife Audrey is more or less the main character, an Englishw...more
May 21, 2013 02:17pm · see review
Sam Quixote rated a book 2 of 5 stars Avengers, Vol. 1: Avengers World by Jonathan Hickman read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really like Jonathan Hickman’s Manhattan Projects and he strikes me as a good ideas guy who puts together really cool designs like logos in his books, but, man, try as I do, I just cannot warm to any of his superhero comics. They’re all filled with...more
May 20, 2013 03:28pm · see review
Sam Quixote rated a book 2 of 5 stars Aquaman, Vol. 2: The Others by Geoff Johns read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Wow, from a strong opening volume to a very poor follow-up, the curse of the Volume 2 New 52s continues with Aquaman as its latest victim. Full review here!
May 20, 2013 11:29am · see review
Sam Quixote rated a book 5 of 5 stars Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life As A Weapon by Matt Fraction read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Fraction writes the best book of his career with Hawkeye, giving the character the kind of adventures the other Avengers wish they could have. Phenomenal art from Aja and Pulido makes Volume 1 of Hawkeye one of the best books Marvel has put out all y...more
May 19, 2013 06:45am · see review
Sam Quixote rated a book 3 of 5 stars Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Set in 2039 (100 years after Batman debuted in Detective Comics #27 in 1939), Gotham has become a police state and the overbearing authorities know everything about everyone. A cop is killed and Batman is suspected as he was at the scene - an obvious...more
May 18, 2013 12:57pm · see review
Sam Quixote rated a book 3 of 5 stars Fury MAX: My War Gone By Volume 1 by Garth Ennis read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Garth Ennis picks up the character of Nick Fury, head of SHIELD, to write about what he writes about best - war. The framing device of the book is Fury sat in a hotel room, three prostitutes in the bed, a bourbon in one hand, a microphone in the othe...more
May 18, 2013 11:29am · see review
Sam Quixote rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman by Raymond Briggs read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Raymond Briggs is one of the finest cartoonists that ever lived and an incredibly gifted and natural storyteller. The Snowman is one of the most pure and classic Christmas stories ever, while I’ll never forget reading Fungus the Bogeyman when I was a...more
May 17, 2013 11:15am · see review
Sam Quixote rated a book 3 of 5 stars Swamp Thing, Vol. 2: Family Tree by Scott Snyder (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The second volume of Scott Snyder's Swamp Thing is a mish-mash of storylines collected together to form a fragmentary whole - there's the conclusion to the Sethe storyline from the first volume, Anton Arcane is introduced and attempts a kidnapping, w...more
May 17, 2013 09:17am · see review
Sam Quixote rated a book 1 of 5 stars Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Want to know exactly why this book is garbage, in detail? I wrote this article today about the many faults of The Long Halloween which you can read here. Let me know what you think!
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