Not as bad as a lot of the reviews made it out to be. Sure, this is a total X-Men ripoff in theory, but since the mysterious M-Squad is never around, it's more a mutant origin story. I think the biggest weakness of the book is the character herself. How amazingly angsty and cutting she is for someone who was basically a beaten down prisoner. It wasn't believable.

The book is just a setup, though, and for that it did a fine job. We have a sense of who the main character is now, and how she came to be such a complex creature. It's almost enough to make me want to read the next one. Almost.