Two word review: New Serenity! 
 Unexpected side effect during or after reading: Finally coming to terms with the fact that there will probably never be another Firefly/Serenity film or tv show. 
 New thing I learned from reading this book: Mal doesn't want to be rich. 
 General Observations: For a new Serenity story scripted by Joss Whedon, I was disappointed. Following a story before the events of the movie allows him to use characters who died there, which was nice. But there was something about the writing or art that made this story hard to track for me. 
 It begins with the crew snatching some shiny tech on a heist, but the guy who hired them pays by telling them where some other loot is stashed so they go and steal that, which turns out to be a fortune. This leads to several fantasy sequences about what the crew is going to do with the money. Meanwhile, an Alliance officer is tracking down former Browncoats who kept fighting after the war and were deemed 'terrorists', and it's more than just a mission for him. The guy who invented the tech they stole is also on the crew's trail. And there's something weird going on with the Doc and Inara. The whole thing climaxes in a massive fight that left me with more questions than answers. 
 Since this is now an on-going comic, maybe more issues will clear up some of the confusion. Plus, we got a hilarious introduction from Adam Baldwin and plenty of Firefly'esque moments. For example, Jane's reputation as the Hero of Canton has spread.