I gave it first four stars and then went down to three, and the reasons is an opportunity missed. This was a chance to really learn about the Joker and the relationship between Batman and Joker, but instead, it felt rushed and very shallow. The potential is there, the plot is interesting, but the story is just not strong enough. When you put it next to my huge expectations for the relationships between batman and joker, you get a huge disappointment. Perhaps it's my fault for just aiming so high. This is the only place I know to look at Joker's past and see what he was like before he was the Joker, however, the mystery of the Joker is more powerful than what he once was. The powerful chaotic forces working in his mind who make him such a worthy foe cannot simply point back to the boring and very regular life he once had. 
 I feel I've been lied to. I closed the book with disappointment. "This cannot be the story of the Joker," I told myself. "This is a joke. His joke to us, to make us believe this is who he once was... No, the real story still needs to be told." 
 I hope it will be, one day.