Loving the art style and the way this narrative is headed. However the mixed timeline was kind of annoying and brought the rating down.

Art and story dropped a bit. World: Williams III is only writing so the art did take a dip. Sure the splash pages are still there but it's missing the weight in the art. The world building is solid, building upon the last arc giving more supernatural Gotham for readers. Story: The story is a bit choppier. I know that the design is like that and that's the intention. But what we gain from the framing we lose in the character moments and development. The story is good, I like the supernatural angl...

(B) 73% | More than SatisfactoryNotes: Strained by dull contrivance, it’s swivel-necked and dizzy: ambling inarticulate through the land of forever prologue.

Catching up with the rest of my GR friends, I noticed they generally rated this volume lower than both the first and the later ones. And you know what? I can't disagree with them, at least I won't say this is *better* than the last volume.First off, the art's a helluva step down - not that anyone could easily step into JHWIII's shoes, and this is no exception. Weak pencils, weaker finishes - hard to take seriously, let alone whether it's the gorgeous artwork of before. Second, the narrative time...

I think this going to turn into my next favorite series.

Merry Christmas Everyone! So I finished up Batwoman volume 2 last night and I'm glad to report it's as good as volume 1. I can't believe I waited this long to read New 52 Batwoman. Now I know why people love her. So kids have gone missing and Batwoman is on the case. Simple enough, right? This book jumps around through various timelines to show you how each character is building towards confrontation. A mixture of mystery, drama, love life, and death all combined to make a compelling, dark, twis...

Review of Volume 0Review of Volume 1I almost gave up reading the series because of this Volume. As if it was already not difficult enough reading through J.H. Williams' plethora of over-detailed (though admittedly gorgeous) 2-page spreads, the creators have now decided to up the level for us readers by incorporating a chronologically non-linear style of story-telling. Its a test for your IQs and patience people and only the toughest readers can fare well. I will give you a preview of the chapter...

Rereading Batwoman again after three years, and much like what I have felt before, this is the volume of Williams' run that I really wanted to skip. To Drown The World could have been way better without the jumbling timelines and so many character point of views.In fact, everytime you turn a page, there is a high chance that the story will take you three months ago, two days ago, 15 hours ago or whatever timeline the story wants you to see fron whoever character it wants you to experience. It is...

Again, really good art for Batwoman, it's better for Kate and the rest of the unmasked people, but still not at the same level as the Batwoman panels. Plot wise it follows up the first volume pretty well. I am really enjoying this series.

I read the first issue of “Batwoman, Volume 2: To Drown the World”, put down the book, and re-read the first volume because I had no idea what was going on. Having re-read it, I’m still not sure I know what’s going on in this book. In “Hydrology”, the first book, we find out that Batwoman/Kate Kane’s dad, retired General Jacob Kane, got up to some questionable activity while in the service and with that information soon to be made public, it seemed that the General would spend the rest of his re...

Its not good as the first oneThe art is still good, but I totally prefer the J.H William III art in this story. The phasing is jumble, it jumps into multiple time/area and loss everything in the final scene. Still looking forward for the next volume.

The art is still great, and the plot would be awesome if it wasn't so confusing to read.Too much jumping around on the timeline is one problem, but also too many stories. As in, so-and-so's story. Eh, it's cool every now and then to see what's happening from another character's point of view, but this volume was overloaded with it.I'm not giving up on this title yet, though.

Bullet Review:Well, now, THAT was a major disappointment. I waited all this time for the paperback collection and I get THIS? Six disjointed stories, slapped together helter-skelter, some of them contributing little to nothing to the main storyline or others repeating the same notes. I mean, do we really need Kate's story if we have Batwoman's? What does having her father's story contribute, other than he is incredibly obsessed over his niece? And is it really necessary to have a story for Chase...

This was a little more complex than the other ones. The weird magical villain organization called Medusa made their debut and there was just a lot of weird monsters and mutants and stuff. It was slightly interesting. But the real kicker was that this comic was all over the place in terms of POV and time. For example, two pages would be of Kate's dad two weeks ago, then four pages of Kate now, then two pages of Maggie an hour ago, then some new character three months ago. It wasn't as confusing a...

There are some serious issues with the story here. The most obvious is the way that the narrative jumps around constantly, seemingly at random. So on one page you may be reading a scene with Chase that happened a month ago, the next you're reading the battle scene that's happening "now". Which makes the battle last for the entire six issues collected here. Telling the story non-linearly might have been a good idea, but here it feels more like the pages were dropped and put back together at rando...

Perhaps the one benefit to the current Batwoman controversy is the fact that it has inspired me to make an effort to catch up on the comic. To Drown the World continues the storyline started in Hydrology. Batwoman, aka Kate Kane, has been blackmailed into working for the DEO, bringing her face to face with a host of villains straight out of legends.I feel a little torn on To Drown the World. On one hand, I really enjoyed the no holds barred artwork, which is filled with vibrant colors, unique an...

This is hands-down DC's best book. Too bad those lesbian-haters over at the DC office's won't let Batwoman marry another woman. Fools! This has driven the epic creative team behind this book to head for more tolerant waters.A lot of the reviews here bitch about the structure of the book. This is part of its innovative beauty: non-linear stories, out-of-chronology pages and panels all make this book stand out. Light years ahead of the rest of the New 52 drivel. Batwoman's part of Gotham City is t...

Three and half stars.

Growing up, I had two big hardcover books of Batman stories (not listed in GR, as I gave them away and cannot recall the exact versions). Something like "greatest stories" and "from the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's"You always knew where you stood with the Batman. Gadgets were consistent and understandable. Relationships were fixed and straightforward, whether apprentice or villain or femme fatale. Allegiances were black and white. Time was linear.Which is, for me, the opposite of the Batwoman exper...

I'm conflicted. I wish this section was more linear. Was confused for too much of it even though it all comes together eventually. It was just too disjointed. Still love the character. Batwoman is great.