Harley Quinn: Mad Love by Paul DiniMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book explores the backstory of one of the beloved DC characters - Harleen Quinzel a.k.a Harley Quinn. Just like many fanboys, I too love the Cupid of Crime. In fact, that's the very reason why I bought this book.
It took me ~10 months to finish this book. But that has nothing to do with the book. It's just that I was in my book drought period :D
Proper Execution :
- Proper depiction of Harley Quinn
- Let it be her childhood, adulthood, education, career, or family, the representation by author was so good. Author made us understand why she thinks the way she thinks and what makes her attracted towards a madman like Joker.
- Development of Joker and Harley romance. There was cuteness, innocence, romance, cunningness and madness in that!
- Joker characterization
- Author made sure that he captured the narcissistic traits, madness, unpredictability, planning nature, obsession over batman, etc etc. We can see the Joker as madman he is!
- Logical conclusion
- I personally loved the end of story. The way story concluded was good - logical, sense of completeness and a pinch of revenge. If I try saying anything more, then I might spill spoilers!
Could have done better :
- Character wastage could've been avoided
- Let it be killer croc or Poison Ivy & Co., I feel they could've got some more space. Of course the book is about Harley Quinn. But we can't just introduce and ignore some good DC characters just like that.
- Bond between Joker and Harley Quinn
- Though the romance between Joker and Harley was good, the bonding between them wasn't focused enough. We will see Harley Quinn doing pretty big things for Joker in this book. But what made her take such risk wasn't explored enough. This gave a feel like she's doing things because the character is designed so :)
I would've rated it 3.5 because of the last point. But it's Harley <3. So, 4 it is!
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