Danielle's Reading Adventures

 Irredeemable, Vol. 7 by Mark Waid

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is still a four star because overall, it's very powerful reading. I am finding that any sympathy I developed for Plutonian has dissipated.  I am at the point now where I cannot feel sorry for him, despite the sad aspects of his life.  I think that it's clear that we all make choices and there is always a moment where we can say that what we do next is warranted and morally acceptable.  And even if that lasts a split second, we all have the imperative to consider all actions and to if we are doing something reprehensible, to stop.  Plutonian seems to be gleefully set on the course of wrongdoing.  This volume has a Great Escape meets Dirty Dozen feel as Plutonian allies with a few other prisoners to escape from Gehnom, the insane asylum planet where he's been imprisoned, but his allies soon learn he's not to be trusted.

As the story delves deeper into Plutonian's dark course, we learn more and more that the remaining Paradigm members might technically still be the good guys, they also have selfish motivations and actions that they need to be accountable for. 

I admit that sometimes I got Qubit and Modeus confused, probably because their personalities are quite similar to me.  Modeus is interesting in that he has a dark, twisted love for Plutonian that motivates many of his actions.

This isn't fun reading by any stretch, but it's compelling without a doubt.



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