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The Woods, Vol. 9: The Way Home by Michael Dialynas, James Tynion IV

lsparrow's review against another edition

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3.0

I enjoyed this series - especially the characters although I found the evil supercomputer felt like a little too much for me.

thebookishunicorn's review against another edition

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5.0

Wow I can't believe it's over! This was such a great series, amazing character growth, awesome twists and turns, and a satisfying ending. Sad to never have new volumes but I'm glad to have seen it end so well!

kayla_graph21's review against another edition

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5.0

Loved this series! I'm sad to see it end.

cassie_grace's review against another edition

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5.0

It’s not perfect. It’s Tynion’s first big story he’s gotten to tell from start to finish, and it’s apparent. The middle volumes meander a little bit and don’t end up being particularly important. The trans character deadnames himself more than once, which didn’t quite sit right with me.

But at the end it’s a heck of a ride and it’s gay as hell, and that’s all I want most days.

helpfulsnowman's review against another edition

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5.0

5 stars, good ending, good journey. Nice job, everyone.
This'll probably be the most fucked-up 10 year high school reunion of all time.
Someone should totally write that in like 2027 or whatever, whenever that'd be. I'd be down for that.

em_harring's review against another edition

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3.0

I really don't know how to feel about this series. It's an interesting premise, and the characters are fine, but a lot left me wanting. For one thing, the BIPOC characters really just existed to forward their white counterparts, give them the strength they needed to keep going, etc etc. I wanted way more from Ben's character than just him being stuck in the same mindset over Isaac the entire time.

The world building could have been a lot stronger, as well. There's a lot that's just not explored that would have created a richer world.

Probably a two-star series for me, if I'm being honest. I wouldn't have finished had I not been able to read them all in the span of 24 hours.

jennifermreads's review against another edition

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4.0

Before I even picked up this final volume of The Woods saga, I was thinking “How refreshing that a graphic novel series is actually ending and not continuing into perpetuity (and into “why doesn’t end”-ness).” This was a satisfying conclusion that included scenes from Earth as well as the planet the students of Bay Point landed on. Not an overwhelmingly awesome ending, but satisfying and decent.

droar's review against another edition

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5.0

Spectacular. A fitting end to a truly great series. Highly recommended for survival horror fans, creepy sci-fi readers, and people who enjoy mostly purple color schemes.

angelofmine1974's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/u1usodNMk1s

Enjoy!

essjay's review

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4.0

Tore through this entire run in a day, and wish there was more. The story was fantastic. The art was good to great (sometimes I had a hard time telling characters apart). The colours were incredible.