What can you say about Paul Pope ... you either like what he does or you don't, and that doesn't mean as a fan and you like him , you like him; it all depends on his individual work. A fan might like one thing but not another.
Being a fan, loved the story line in this trade as for his art work, he has done better. There are panels where you can't tell the difference between batman and 'robin' (and I don't mean when there both dressed as batman!)
This is a great book for anyone to pick up, even if not a DC person or a fan of batman. Its a great stand alone story of a possible future batman that is very entertaining, if you can handle the Paul Pope drawing !