Very interesting. The premise far outstrips the execution, although that isn't bad by any stretch. The mystery isn't a total shock, once revealed, at least in the broad points, but it's undoubtedly effective, and I'm looking forward to finding out what the resolution is, and how things are going to develop and deviate further - which shouldn't take too long; the update rate looks very promising, including one between me starting to type this review and finishing it.

My main criticism, and it's more of a niggle really, is the wiki/image linking. Sometimes it's useful, filling in background and the like, but at other points it felt a little like the author not trusting his audience.

4/5 for the moment, but definitely potential for full marks by the end.

 

This is much more solid than I expected. A pretty solid 4/5, I think. The linking is a big malus in my book, but I could ignore it.

 

I'm not sure about their approach to updating. On the one hand, three updates in two days, two of them since last night, is good...but on the other, it feels like they finish a scene and then upload it immediately, rather than wait until they've got a full chapter. If the updates keep coming, that's fine, but if they slow down it's going to get annoying.

 

It's okay? For the premise I honestly think it would benefit from being almost entirely outside of the Joker's PoV as it flattens the character into a generic SB lead when you're seeing through his eyes

 

Yes, I hate this. I kind of feel that they should trust their audience and their own writing abilities in order to introduce new characters or elements and if they still feel the need to explain themselves then they should put it in an author's note at the end. It is the equivalent, in my opinion, of sticking author's notes in the middle of text.

Overall, it's a good bit of fun. It's been quite clever and interesting in how it's using various niche elements from the comics and I'm intrigued about where it's going.

 

I feel like I’m alone in liking/not minding the links. I feel like I’m pretty knowledgable about DC, and it’s easy enough to ignore when I do know so-and-so or a reference.

But when I don’t, it’s nice to be saved the five seconds it’d take me to Google lol.

Anyway- I like the story a lot. It’s an easy read, and like Shinysavage said I hope the updates keep coming because they’re good at whetting the appetite but not very filling.

I’d say an easy 4/5 for me

 

The links are fine given that the author wants to do a tour de force of DC comics history