While my own view on this event is probably well known by now. I was wondering, is the whole Culling; the build up, the event itself and the aftermath really as bad as people over on the CBR boards say it is?

And why?

it was meh. besides ravangers forming from the events , and giving superboy his reason to join /trust the titans it wasnt that big a deal , never read and still dont care about the legion of superheroes lol

The concept was alright, but I think it was poorly executed. Weird, clumsy dialogue, some confusing transitions, so-so art, etc. Halfway through it just turned into one giant mess, though I will say the final fight with Harvest was pretty cool, in spite of some, again, clumsy dialogue. Simply put, if not for the inclusion of my favorite character (see my avi) in this arc, I wouldn't have found much redeeming about it.

I'm currently reading it.... in order... it's damn confusing (esp the legion lost stories, i get lost at that part). Can someone clarify the reading order? is it:

1. Superboy 8
2. Legion lost 8
3. Teen Titans 8 (where does this issue pick up from?)
4. Teen titans annual 1
5. Superboy 9
6. Legion lost 9
7. teen titans 9

is this the order? cause reading it so far... it seems like it doesn't gel together so well =/