Originally Posted by
godisawesome
Stylistically, I don’t mind it as much... but plot wise and in terms of it being a Batman story, I do find it flawed and less good than it should be. He's the World’s Greatest a detective; that doesn’t mean he should get every mystery right, but it does mean there’s often far more reward for him doing the deduction and dealing with the fallout.
Plus, it’s a little shakey because Loeb basically pulled two separate “cheats” on the audience, turning what was ostensibly a “fair-play” mystery into a more “shocking twist” tale; Alberto is more forgivable because we don’t see his body, but Gilda is literally shown immobile in a hospital bed during a killing. The Alberto reveal alone, I think, is actually fine... but the Gilda reveal is just an unnecessary flourish without any clues or foreshadowing.
Of course, I’m also the weirdo who doesn’t like Year One all that much because it feels more like a “Gotham story” than a “Batman” one, so I’m weird like that.