I just finished this...and I avoided buying it for months because, everyone just kept bashing it, I'm glad I bought it. It was more plot intensive than some recent books I've read, but it was also dark. I beleive one reader I encountered said of this series, it was...a grumpy mini.

This is not a lighthearted book, it's a downer. While J'onn is loaded with angst in this one, the plot devices are a bit too convenient to appreciate [sexy enemy Green Martian?]; the Justice League members being so unyielding and quick to judge? The Wonder Woman line really got me...this was the same woman who killed a man because he said he'd never change his ways?? She's now suddenly judging J'onn for taking out a special ops who tried to kill him? Hmmm someone needs to bone up on recent character trends. J'onn's personal life comes through here and it's very well written--[I can't help but think...man, they should set a J'onn J'onzz story on Mars]. The only thing I enjoyed about the book? The White Martians, so much to work with there--I'm glad to see that there's an actual White Martian now on the Teen Titans.