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4 stars but I'm giving some credit because this art was fucking fantastic!

Okay, so the storyline with Alice was a little difficult to follow. The art is so incredibly gorgeous and creepy. The colors are fantastic! I love they change to a darker, more Sin City-esque vibe when she's Batwoman to show the clear dichotomy between her attitude then versus Kate Kane. It made the action scenes a lot more engaging and cool and gave them a sleek feel I don't think I've seen before in comics.

I love who Kate Kane is as a character. I didn't know really anything about her before reading this. I really enjoyed her in the animated film Batman: Bad Blood and I love her in the Detective Comics Rebirth series. She's an interesting take on a superhero because she used military training but was dishonorably discharged because of her sexuality. One of the most moving scenes in this book was the one where she tells her commanding officer that she won't deny the claims and comes out because she truly believes in the tenets they were taught. It makes her a great role model and cements her as an honest hero. It's weird how rare that is.

I enjoyed seeing her complex relationship with her father. It's weird how separate they seem from her step-mother and step-sister.

I really like the way they portrayed her kidnapping. The angles chosen put you in Kate's POV and gave it an added layer of fear. That art kind of reminded me of Aja's art in Hawkeye, as well.

The story itself is a little hard to follow. I think this book worked best when it was telling Batwoman's origin story. It was a lot more cohesive, in my opinion. Because of the odd way Alice spoke, I wasn't always sure what was going on, what her goals were or if she had any at all.

The reveal could have come off as a little cheap but, I don't know a ton about Kate's history.

I'm looking forward to reading more about her and I can't wait to read more of Rebirth: Batwoman.

4 stars.