Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 2: A Dame To Kill For 3rd Edition

by Frank Miller

[celinenyx]

Summary: Dwight holds a tight control over his inner monster - he doesn't drink, plays by the rules and stays out of trouble. But then Ava comes back into his life, a woman that broke his heart. When she tells him she's in danger, his control starts to slip.

What I liked:
- There were some nice twists in the story that I didn't see coming
- The art sometimes has a kind of cut-out quality that looks pretty awesome; though everything is done in black and white there is still plenty of detailing
- A Dame to Kill For happens during the happenings of The Hard Goodbye. This means we get some more glimpses of Marv, my favourite Sin City character
- Many boobs, but rather clean sex scenes
- Although they only get a small role, the hookers of Old Town are cool ladies

What I didn't like:
- I feel like we've seen this story before. It's the same old song: guy is being hunky and dark, woman comes in, dies/asks for his help, guy kills a dozen other guys for said woman
- Marv was adorable in a way, Dwight didn't have anything going for him
- The violence often seems to have no other goal than to shock the reader
- Because I didn't care for Dwight I didn't feel invested in the story

Verdict: A Dame to Kill For suffers severely from second-book sydrome. Its plot is too close to that of The Hard Goodbye and doesn't add anything to it. It was okay, but I'm not sure whether I want to read the other Sin City novels