Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Review: Fatale, Volume 2: The Devil's Business

Fatale, Volume 2: The Devil's Business Fatale, Volume 2: The Devil's Business by Ed Brubaker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Volume two of this series has the challenge of picking up from what feels in large part like the series’ conclusion at the end of volume one. It lacks the staggering originality of that first volume, but it sustains much of what made that one so compelling.

We get to see Jo in the 1970s, and it’s a compelling reimagining of the period. She feels just about right in the orbit of a sleazy West-Coast Studio 54 setting. It’s a Hollywood that sees itself as tawdry but keeps turning out dreams.

Jo’s confrontation with the bishop is strong here, too. It doesn’t have the finality of either the first or fifth volumes, but it feels almost complete. You get the sense that Jo earns herself a couple decades’ respite before having to start again.


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