Teen Bruce, himself, is too bland, uninteresting, and lacking in common sense. Lu lingers on Bruce's dream sequences and spends too little time building suspense before the action scenes, which are also over too quickly. It's a short book and there are a number of pacing issues. Maybe this book will work for readers completely unfamiliar with Bruce Wayne and the Batman story - though it contains just enough nods to the canon to make me wonder if it will - but for anyone who's seen a few movies or read a few comics, it is not interesting, exciting, or unique enough to elevate itself beyond the fanfiction level. In particular, Madeleine, who is somehow linked to a gang who call themselves Nightwalkers - and are currently picking off Gotham's most powerful and wealthy citizens one by one. When his interference in a crime lands him doing community service in Arkham Asylum, he gets up close and personal with some of Gotham's worst criminals. Here, Bruce Wayne is a teenager who finds himself caught up in a criminal case that the police can't solve. In my opinion, Bardugo managed it with Wonder Woman: Warbringer. This new stream of superhero fiction - and we can expect more in 2018 - caters to current market trends, but it's difficult to write a new story in these almost exhausted universes. It is reasonably well-written, as we would expect from Marie Lu, but I would point new readers towards her The Young Elites or Warcross before urging them to read this one. Batman: Nightwalker is a completely fine, average, easy and forgettable read. It is these kind of books that perfectly fit the awful (and unhelpful) three star rating. “You have a heavy heart, for someone with everything.” But is he getting her to divulge her secrets, or is he feeding her the information she needs to bring Gotham City to its knees? Bruce will walk the dark line between trust and betrayal as the Nightwalkers circle closer. What is she hiding? And why will she speak only to Bruce? Madeleine is the mystery Bruce must unravel. In Arkham, Bruce meets Madeleine, a brilliant girl with ties to the Nightwalkers. But after a run-in with the police, he's forced to do community service at Arkham Asylum, the infamous prison that holds the city's most brutal criminals. Meanwhile, Bruce is turning eighteen and about to inherit his family's fortune, not to mention the keys to Wayne Enterprises and all the tech gadgetry his heart could ever desire. One by one, the city's elites are being executed as their mansions' security systems turn against them, trapping them like prey. The Nightwalkers are terrorizing Gotham City, and Bruce Wayne is next on their list. A reckless boy willing to break the rules for a girl who may be his worst enemy. Before he was Batman, he was Bruce Wayne.

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