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reickel's review against another edition
5.0
Update: The below is still very true. I just read through again with a book club including my mom, brother, and best friend. We're psyched to be onto Book 2! What a read
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It's gettin' better all the ti-i-ime. Casanova is arguably my favorite comic trilogy, and unarguably magnificent. Every time I go through I appreciate more and more layers of beauty and intrigue put together by Fraction and the Brazilian Bros. Read this.
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It's gettin' better all the ti-i-ime. Casanova is arguably my favorite comic trilogy, and unarguably magnificent. Every time I go through I appreciate more and more layers of beauty and intrigue put together by Fraction and the Brazilian Bros. Read this.
angeliki6's review against another edition
4.0
Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals, Hawkeye), who already owns my entire life, wrote a book about a renowned thief and superspy who gets kidnapped across parallel dimensions and is forced to become a double agent, masquerade as himself and bring down his own family's secret agency, and then had The Umbrella Academy dudes illustrate it. I mean, I couldn't be more on board if I was physically standing on the deck of a ship. Just take all my money Matt Fraction, just fucking take it.
jekutree's review against another edition
3.0
Doesn’t quite work for me as a whole book. The overall narrative was cluttered and the editorializing by Matt Fraction was distracting, but this isn’t a book to be read in chunks. The singles feel classic in terms of their approach, one shot stories with loose ties to an overall narrative. It’s classic serialized story telling. I respect the book for that and the collaborators Matt Fraction worked with. Gabriel Bá kills this book on art, the colors by Cris Peter are gorgeous and the hand lettering by Dustin Harbin is astonishing. I did like a bunch of the ideas presented in the story and really hope Fraction reigns it all in better as these hardcovers progress.
evanc's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
nkives's review against another edition
2.0
This books not bad. I like it in the end, but it bounces around so much its throws off the flow of the book.
youraveragedave's review against another edition
Didn't catch my attention, didn't care for the protagonist, too verbose, art was too busy
cmcrockford's review against another edition
4.0
More happens here per page than most comics except Watchmen could dream of: mutated robots, feuding spy agencies, multiple timelines, lots of queasy objectification, vibrant color and hyper pop art. It's derivative and bloody and weird and absurd and Michael Moorcock-esque and I love it.
monty_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
meetyouineveryplace's review against another edition
challenging
dark
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
jakekilroy's review against another edition
4.0
This was *such* a wild ride. Even when I wasn't sure what was happening (and that was more than a handful of times), I was having a rip-roarin' blast. It never tries to reassure the reader or ensure they're in on the hyperdrive kick, and I honestly can't tell if that's a strength or a weakness of this series, but there be few reads with better energy. It's all swingin', slingin', slangin' espionage through dimensions and timelines with plenty of sex, highs, and jive talk. It's so rambunctious and silly while shooting in all directions at once. It's so giddy to be what it is that you can't help but catch the thrill.