These issues were definitely a mixed bag for me. Initially I thought my rating was going to be higher i.e. 3 stars, but as the book wore on, the elemeThese issues were definitely a mixed bag for me. Initially I thought my rating was going to be higher i.e. 3 stars, but as the book wore on, the elements I enjoyed got less page time and the elements that bored or annoyed me filled the vacuum.
My biggest issue with this book was Apocalypse - I find him really boring and unlikeable. Yes he's a villain (pardoned & "reformed" as per Krakoan amnesty), but as far as interesting, complex villains go, I don't count him as one. He's arrogant, & so full of himself & his mutants are superior ideology that I stopped reading the first issue when he showed up because I was just so bored by him. Yes he's a schemer & he didn't tell the others the extent of his plan, which should in theory be interesting, but I just found anytime he opened his mouth and spouted his self-righteous bullcrap so dull.
I continued reading by pushing through his scenes in case they were plot relevant & so I could get back to Betsy & the others, whose interactions I really enjoyed. Unfortunately the more I read the more obvious it became that Apocalypse was intrinsic & important to the plot, and wasn't going anywhere any time soon. There was a direct correlation between Apocalypse's increasing page time and my decreasing enjoyment of the book, and he's the main reason my rating went from 3 stars to 2 stars.
I really enjoyed when the story focused on Betsy, Gambit, Rogue & Jubilee. I also enjoyed Rictor's inclusion, as I've never read a story with him in before & he seemed like a pretty interesting character; unfortunately Apocalypse was in a lot of his scenes, so that dampened my enthusiasm a bit. Basically I enjoyed almost any scene Apocalypse wasn't in. I really disliked him that much.
I really enjoyed Gambit & Rogue's discussion about having/not having kids in #6, & around the expectation that couples to have kids/adopt kids once they're married.
The scenes with Jubilee & Shogo were really cute, although I feel like Jubilee said the words "my son" about once every 3 sentences, which was a bit annoying just in terms of her not really having a character ark. But we are only 6 issues in, so hopefully she gets more page time in future....more
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