Okay, so I took a chance and read all of the Finch duo's WW so far, from the start to current (including the Annual and #41) and I think I will just stick with reading Dave's copies. This is not "bad" comics, in-fact Meredith Finch's writing is ... well ... sort of like Charles Soule in a way. While with Soule I love his ideas, plots and where he wants to take the character, every now and then there is a bit of dialog that just makes me cringe. Just a tad. But with Finch while I also like her ideas and where she really wants to take the character (which honestly is a direction that Diana
should go) and her dialog is mostly better than Soules on the whole, her plots and the pacing of those same plots bug me.
After I read a book by Soule (again, I am just comparing these two because their styles are not too far off, just the outcome is
) ... after I read Soule comic, I can think back on it and actually enjoy what happened and I enjoy thinking about what will happen next. Even though I had some issues (one or two at most) while I was reading the comic, the aftereffect is pleasant.
With Finch, while I have an easier time reading her story, it is not one I like to think back on. I trip less when I read her dialog and I can ignore the pacing problems as I go, but when I put the book down there are just too many things I have problems with.
Again, this isn't "bad" comics, it is just nothing I want to pay for right now. (And I did hate the way Donna Troy was used)
Overall I would grade this run as an average WW comic. Sadly, "average" has been the most used nomenclature for Wonder Woman comics for a majority of their run. This is more of the same I feel. Not bad, but just good enough. Diana deserves a tad better.
5 outta 10 - Average comics