I decided to review this handbook to call out the two other users who rated it. Because they didn't read this. I can virtually guarantee it. I read all, what, 50 pages. And you know how long it took me? Two hours and thirteen minutes. Of just reading summaries! And, if this wasn't a handbook, that'd be a problem, but it's exactly what it's supposed to be. I was just so bothered that people would rate it, I guess for completion's sake in tonpas1989's case, and because everything Empyre related needs to be rated a 1/10, in Jokerman's case. Neither of these people read this handbook! But I did! And I have some takeaways. Look at me, reviewing this book!

First, an apology to one Brian Michael Bendis. This has been coming since 2016. So, in Civil War 2, Carol Danvers and James Rhodes have this relationship. I always thought it was made up by Bendis for the sake of his garbage plot, but no! This handbook taught me that it was actually set up in 2014! So, I apologize to you, Bendis. Civil War 2 was still trash.

Second, There are a few editing errors in this handbook, unfortunately. The most egregious being in the Fantastic Four section, where a sentence about Johnny Storm's soul mate Sky just stops, and a new sentence begins. Otherwise, there's the occasional punctuation error. I had a few issues with the overall formatting of this book. The font would shrink and the space between words would shrink or grow, and it messed with my eyes a couple times. Could have been because I was trying to read a 50 page wall of text as quickly as I could just to feel righteous.

Third, and lastly, there's a lot of repetition in the information. I understand it's all relatively connected, being mostly about major space/universe players in Marvel, but they repeat the Raksor/Bel-Dann rivalry information, word-for-word, four times over the course of the handbook. In the Bel-Dann section, the Blue Area of the Moon section, the Skrull section and the Raksor section. This also happens a lot when it comes to Hickman's Avengers saga. Pretty much everything mentions that. It made reading this handbook even more draining.

And let's get one thing clear, I'm not rating this for my experience. My experience was a stupid one that almost no one else will have. Again, this is another reason why I surmise neither tonpas1989 or Jokerman read this handbook. I'm rating this based on its editing and the accuracy of the information. On the editing front, like I said, there are a few problems. But as for the accuracy, this was spot on as far as I could tell. I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty close, so I don't have any problem vouching for its accuracy.

Just don't rate books you don't read, guys, it's bad for you. And it's especially bad for me. I have no ill will towards tonpas1989, he seems reasonable. But, you know, fuck Jokerman, he sucks. more

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tonpas1989 - Aug 7, 2020

You’re right, I did rate just for completion. I had purchased this and basically “next paged” through to look at each image. I didn’t know what to expect from this and was disappointed to not find narrative content which is on me. I have adjusted my score to 7.5 and would just have removed my score if I could. Thanks

Psycamorean - Aug 7, 2020

That's cool, man. Honestly, this was more because of Jokerman than you. He's ridiculous.

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