Mera: Tidebreaker suffers from too much dialogue – and it’s not even really that good of dialogue. I don’t read a lot of comics, but I read enough to know how much can be conveyed in a scene without using any dialogue. It’s a visual medium yet so much of this story consists of two characters standing around and large speech bubbles explaining everything. Very ho-hum, and it sadly lacked any sort of interesting climax. The story itself is very predictable: young woman is out to prove that she can rule just as well as a boy, so she sets out to perform a task and then ends up falling in love with the target. Mera’s change of heart happens incredibly fast Arthur learns about and then is somehow able to control his powers in record time. It skips ahead too quickly, and at times it felt like there were panels or even pages missing. Mera and Arthur’s romance isn’t the only thing that’s rushed this entire book feels like it moves at a breakneck pace. The two have absolutely no chemistry, know nothing about each other, and have no significant conversations, yet somehow they manage to fall in love in the span of two days. Mera, as a heroine and as a main character, is wishy-washy. There was precious little development for any of the characters (especially the side characters). And after reading this almost 200-page graphic novel… I still don’t know a whole lot about these characters. That said, I was still disappointed.Īs I said, I don’t know a lot about these characters. It was probably better that I don’t really know a lot about these characters because I didn’t have a lot of expectations, and I don’t have past characterizations to weigh this book against. I’m unfamiliar with the lore (and I still haven’t seen the recent Aquaman movie – soon!) but I am intrigued by Mera as a character.
I was very excited for Mera: Tidebreaker. Art by Stephen Byrne Journey beneath the waves in Mera: Tidebreaker as author Danielle Paige introduces you to a (bland, one-dimensional) Mera and Arthur Curry and tells you the (boring and predictable) story of how they first met.
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