With only 3 novellas, Year Two could have easily been boring, one-dimensional and and overall struggle to get through, but thank Grud, it was the furthest thing from boring. I eagerly awaited Abaddon's next release of stories and though it was a 3 year lesson in patience, Year Two delivered and met all my expectations. I loved the literary telling of Mega City 1's future lawman and every story was awesome, getting me hooked on the entire Judge Dredd comic book series.
5/5Ģ014's Dredd: Year One was easily one of my favorite books of that year. and drops hints about some of the huge stories that we've seen in the comic books from the early years of Dredd's life as a Judge. There are twists and turns to the story that I don't want to spoil, so I will only say the story is good, and features a long of the early comic content, such as Skysurfers, Fatties, Riot Foam, etc. This is the only story that is unavailable outside the omnibus edition, and even if you didn't enjoy the other two stories, this story makes your purchase worthwhile. After reading it, the overall story and ideas were good, I just really didn't enjoy the writing style, and the pace of the story didn't flow well as the middle of three stories in this omnibus. I would go back and find there were snippets hidden there that would make an interesting story, but the way it is written is a slog to work through. I really hard to force myself to complete it and I kept catching myself skipping paragraphs that seemed overly long and full of waffle. It is still fun to read, and feels full of action, but was a bit of a let down after such a strong start. The story then gets a little bit bland as the second half takes place in The Cursed Earth, a place that is a lot more interesting in comic book form for me. The first halfof the story is interesting, and has a fantastic scene when Joe Dredd first arrives at his new sector house. This story starts with the continued fallout from Rico's arrest, and the distrust everyone feels toward Joe.
For some reason, I couldn't find a list of the stories in this book anywhere, so I want to start by listing those before individually reviewing the stories themselves: Overall though, I highly recommend it for any Dredd fan. This omnibus collection contains three different stories of Judge Dredd's second year on the streets of Mega-City One, and it's a mixed bag.
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