I've never read anything about Red Sonja before. The whole barbarian thing was just never <em>my</em> thing. BUT, I was incredibly excited for this story by Gail Simone.

The story didn't disappoint.

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There are plenty of flashbacks to satisfy the casual reader that doesn't know Red Sonja's history, and this is both a good thing - and a bad. It tended to slow the overall story down. And I kept wondering if her history was being re-written for this story, or just told in a new way.

Either way, it was somewhat distracting...just enough to detract from my enjoyment a bit. The only other thing that was slightly unenjoyable was the speech. It felt jarring and unrealistic, like what someone thought people in ancient times spoke like, though I'm fairly sure that this type of speech is centuries after this fantasy-time-period.

Then again, it's a fantasy. It can be whatever it wants.

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I enjoyed this story. I'm not sure I'll purposefully seek out more barbarian stories (unless they contain Jason Momoa, perhaps).