I don't know Leah Williams, but I constantly feel incredibly seen by her writing. In a way that feels rude. Like, come on, Williams, get out of my head and my feels!

That out of the way, let's get into reviewing this book. Is it perfect? No. I think editorial did the book and the creative team a massive disservice with the marketing, title and format of this story. It should've been what it is: an incredible X-Factor story arc.

But it's not. Except it is... when you get past the series title and the allusions to and baggage from Uncanny X-Men #200 it brings with it.

And it's really really excellent. From the mystery to the resolution(s) to the goals and especially ESPECIALLY the beautiful, heartbreaking, and so beautifully perfect narrations on loss and grieving.

I'm going to keep coming back to the knifing wind of grief from the end of issue 1 forever. It's such a perfect image for how the loss of a loved one affects us and how we learn to live through it.

And that on its own is enough for me to love this volume. But it's not the only wonderful, beautiful or heartbreaking thing about this story. Not by a long shot. ( )

Read this in one sitting. 4⭐️ for art but 5⭐️ for writing. ( )

If you want a story about the Scarlet Witch, this delivers, but for a book called THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO, Magneto barely appears in it. ( )