meh

The original titles in the DC icon series were pretty good stories. These last two were basically just platforms to push agendas and issues.. Let's stop politicizing and feminizing everything and just tell good stories... I was excited for this title and it was ruined by pushing agendas rather then telling good stories...

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A Great Origin Story That Not Everyone Will Love

Let me start by saying I'm a big fan of Harley Quinn ever since she first appeared in Batman: The Animated Series. I really enjoyed reading about the early life of Harleen Quinzel. This reimagining of her backstory is quite great and I love all the Easter eggs the author sprinkled throughout the tale. Harleen was extremely well written and this story shows how she persevered through a horrible childhood and still came out on top. It highlights her intelligence and athleticism as well as that outrageous personality we love. I really wish I could give this a full five stars but I had some gripes with it that I'll go into.

The next part of this review will contain spoilers, so if you're not ready for that just know that in my opinion I believe the author tried to push a certain agenda too far.

While this story was obviously written to not just tell us the story of a young Harleen Quinzel and her journey into becoming Harley Quinn but to also shine light on the difficulties that women have in the STEM fields, in my own opinion I think this story takes it too far. I find it very hard to believe that every single male Harleen has interacted with in this story to be a piece of shit human being. Literally every male character, except for perhaps one classmate is some kind of sex offender asshole, EVERYONE! If this is a true representation of what it's like to be a woman, than I sincerely apologize, but for me, with everyone being such a trash human being and all the women being such amazing characters, it's just a hard pill to swallow.

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Best Harley Quinn Origin story ever

Really brings Harley and the light for her past better than other versions of our origins story.

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epilogue first

suggest listening to the epilogue first, explains a lot of the decisions taken in the story.

Excited for the Next One

Loved it! had me excited to start the next one but I have to wait a year for it!

Authors Note

I wish the Author’s note was read first. I would have love the book even more.

Empowering

As a survivor of child and intimate partner abuse, I’ve often looked to Harley’s character and her healing journey.

This story was empowering.

The depiction of misogyny in academia was accurate and validating to my own experience. This group of women were able to do something about it and it felt incredibly cathartic.

This is the Harley story I’ve been waiting for, thank you 💜

Harley hits a home run!!!

This story spoke to me level most don't. All should read it at once