{"id":24428,"date":"2025-04-19T15:48:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T19:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24428"},"modified":"2025-04-30T16:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:01:22","slug":"barda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24428","title":{"rendered":"Barda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Barda<\/em> (2024) Ngozi Ukazu<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Barda.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Barda\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Barda.jpg?w=667&amp;ssl=1 667w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Barda.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>I picked this up because I saw Ngozi Ukazu and want to support her in All The Things. So I didn&#8217;t know much about it.<\/p>\n<p>It was far darker and more depressing than I was expecting, primarily because my brain was all, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/comics\/Check_Please..php\"><em>Check, Please<\/em><\/a>!&#8221; Which is 100% on me.<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/barda-5.png?resize=512%2C787&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Barda panel\" width=\"512\" height=\"787\"  class=\"left\"  \/><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That doesn&#8217;t mean there was something wrong with the story, but I was not in the correct headspace for this right now, so take that into consideration.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/barda-2.jpg?resize=666%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Barda panel\" width=\"666\" height=\"1024\"  class=\"left\"  \/><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Publisher: DC Comics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barda (2024) Ngozi Ukazu I picked this up because I saw Ngozi Ukazu and want to support her in All The Things. So I didn&#8217;t know much about it. It was far darker and more depressing than I was expecting, primarily because my brain was all, &#8220;Check, Please!&#8221; Which is 100% on me. 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