Wonder Woman: Warbringer (DC Icons Series)

English language

Published Jan. 6, 2017 by Random House Books for Young Readers.

ISBN:: 978-0-399-54973-1

(1 review)

She will become one of the world's greatest heroes: Wonder Woman. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons, and longs only to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters.

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Endless reviewed Wonder Woman: Warbringer (DC Icons Series) by Leigh Bardugo

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3 stars

Definitely better than expected; I've read some awful superhero books (e.g. Batman: Forever) and this was not one of them. The reader did fine and the origin story made a lot of things make sense that I've wondered about WW (not having read her line of comics). I was a bit confused by the conception that this had something to do with the movie, but I don't think it does (this is set in modern times, without any of the WWII stuff). The beginning with Diana amidst her fellow Amazons, trying to prove herself, was good. Eventually it wound up in film-style action sequences, car chases, fashion schpeels, and betrayals. It touched the popular hot-topics of lesbianism and just a little of race, in addition to the WW signature female empowerment. Definitely a YA-style story, with some of the shallowness and sell-outs that can be expected there; but still capable …

Definitely better than expected; I've read some awful superhero books (e.g. Batman: Forever) and this was not one of them. The reader did fine and the origin story made a lot of things make sense that I've wondered about WW (not having read her line of comics). I was a bit confused by the conception that this had something to do with the movie, but I don't think it does (this is set in modern times, without any of the WWII stuff). The beginning with Diana amidst her fellow Amazons, trying to prove herself, was good. Eventually it wound up in film-style action sequences, car chases, fashion schpeels, and betrayals. It touched the popular hot-topics of lesbianism and just a little of race, in addition to the WW signature female empowerment. Definitely a YA-style story, with some of the shallowness and sell-outs that can be expected there; but still capable of bringing the reader excitement and fun. Not a bad attempt at bringing superheroes to the female gender,to be sure.