Much better than its precursor. There are a lot more ideas here and there's some sort of force opposing the total destruction by a certain character. Part of why the previous one was so nauseating is that it really was just butchery and the cleverness did not compensate.Part of the problem here is that the cleverness is opposed to the very nature of the medium: The book is still a book regardless of what the plot says it is. But then I suppose if I'm engaging it on its own terms, that's a win for the author? Not a big fan of Deadpool as a character but this has plenty of humour and self-awareness running through it. Deadpool works his way through the history of literature, killing fictional characters to try to make the whole edifice of the fictional world he is trapped within collapse. It becomes a bit of a "Deadpool Slaughters the League of Extraordinary Gentleman" which is no bad thing. There is a lot of fun had in picking off the characters and hinting at the demise of the Marvel characters inspired by them. Tom Sawyer and the Liliputians were just too easy, etc. An entertainingly daft book.
Man, I couldn't have thought off better way for a character like Deadpool to reach his purpose.
—jameka
Gory humor at it's best! And I liked the "plot", it was... interesting.
—ferotiousbear
Fun, but no payoff. Didn't care for the anti-climatic ending.
—lynn
loved it.
—kittenful
