the review aggregator website comic book roundup reported a 7.3 out of 10 average rating for the event, based on 270 critic reviews. just before the release of the final part, jesse schedeen of ign stated, ""trinity war" itself seems almost wholly disinterested in the trinity of sin, the seven deadly sins, or any of the other elements the crossover was initially predicated upon." after "justice league" #23 was released, schedeen added,"event comics often fail because they're more concerned with setting up a new status quo and changing the playing field than simply allowing readers to savor the high stakes and epic nature of the conflict at hand. "trinity war" may well emerge as the new poster child for everything wrong with that approach. in the end, "trinity war" becomes little more than a stepping stone towards forever evil. the result is that "justice league" #23 is an almost wholly unfulfilling "finale" issue." overall, newsarama's richard gray praised the storytelling, with the event "cleverly weaving in threads set up two years ago in all related titles." however, gray was somewhat critical of the fact that "the last panel of “trinity war” leads directly into “forever evil”, effectively making this one big event that begets another. it's a crime that both major syndicates are repeatedly guilty of these last few years, one so commonplace that it is increasingly difficult to take umbrage with a singular instance anymore." comic book resources' doug zawisza felt "there are no true conclusions of any sort" after the whole event, "just more shock-for-shock's sake moments and lots of new questions" added at the end of "justice league" #23. as with gray, zawisza "was hopeful dc's tactic of bleeding events one to the next would be over following the relaunch, but this issue proves – without an inkling of doubt – that that is simply not the case."