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adastrame's review against another edition
2.0
(This is a review of the entire series!)
I was very excited about this graphic novel - a dystopian world in which all men but one mysteriously die? But I was hugely disappointed, as this isn't the feminist utopia I was looking for. It's anything but, and the fact that this title was written by a man should have warned me. It's very obviously a title written by men for men, as it's pretty much every man's fantasy to have a world of women at his disposal, isn't it?
Well, the comic cleverly tries to avoid such implications by making Yorick, the last man, a very sensitive, fairly unmasculine, English major. He doesn't take advantage of his situation at all, rather, he is on a 5-year quest around the world to find his girlfriend, who was in Australia when the men a died (while Yorick was in the US).
And that's where the comic started bothering me - we're presented with a post apocalyptic world in which society has broken down. No more phones, no more electricity, no more planes. I find it utterly unrealistic that a world full of women would be unable to maintain the basic functionalities of society. Of course there might be an adjustment phase, but after that, women would be perfectly capable of doing anything men can do. It just takes some organizational skills, which I daresay women are much better at than men.
The comic also displays it's dystopia full of gangs and criminality. Again, I find this very unrealistic. I don't think women would go quite as far as the ridiculous Daughters of the Amazon are going. The comic is full of similar fanatics, like the Israeli soldiers who want to claim the last man for the future of their country. Knowing what I know about Israel, I find this pretty unlikely.
The whole conclusion to why the wipeout happened was not very satisfying either, it was rather ridiculous. There would have been much better scenarios as to why all males suddenly died.
Allover, this title was a huge disappointment for me. Where is the feminist utopia in which women lead a better world?
I was very excited about this graphic novel - a dystopian world in which all men but one mysteriously die? But I was hugely disappointed, as this isn't the feminist utopia I was looking for. It's anything but, and the fact that this title was written by a man should have warned me. It's very obviously a title written by men for men, as it's pretty much every man's fantasy to have a world of women at his disposal, isn't it?
Well, the comic cleverly tries to avoid such implications by making Yorick, the last man, a very sensitive, fairly unmasculine, English major. He doesn't take advantage of his situation at all, rather, he is on a 5-year quest around the world to find his girlfriend, who was in Australia when the men a died (while Yorick was in the US).
And that's where the comic started bothering me - we're presented with a post apocalyptic world in which society has broken down. No more phones, no more electricity, no more planes. I find it utterly unrealistic that a world full of women would be unable to maintain the basic functionalities of society. Of course there might be an adjustment phase, but after that, women would be perfectly capable of doing anything men can do. It just takes some organizational skills, which I daresay women are much better at than men.
The comic also displays it's dystopia full of gangs and criminality. Again, I find this very unrealistic. I don't think women would go quite as far as the ridiculous Daughters of the Amazon are going. The comic is full of similar fanatics, like the Israeli soldiers who want to claim the last man for the future of their country. Knowing what I know about Israel, I find this pretty unlikely.
The whole conclusion to why the wipeout happened was not very satisfying either, it was rather ridiculous. There would have been much better scenarios as to why all males suddenly died.
Allover, this title was a huge disappointment for me. Where is the feminist utopia in which women lead a better world?
aquint's review against another edition
1.0
I absolutely do not understand how this series won awards. Rubbish.
tawfek's review against another edition
5.0
this is the most beautiful epilogue to a comic series i have ever read
its elegant and mind-blowing and satisfying
i was very sad to see 355 die since all the signs said that she and Yorick will be together in the end
i was heartbroken with yorick to know that beth the first was going to break up with him before the plague
i was very excited to see the old yorick in his straight jacket and was wondering all the time why the hell hasn't he escaped from it long ago but as the saying goes better late then never
thanks for an amazing piece of art.
its elegant and mind-blowing and satisfying
i was very sad to see 355 die since all the signs said that she and Yorick will be together in the end
i was heartbroken with yorick to know that beth the first was going to break up with him before the plague
i was very excited to see the old yorick in his straight jacket and was wondering all the time why the hell hasn't he escaped from it long ago but as the saying goes better late then never
thanks for an amazing piece of art.
lsparrow's review against another edition
4.0
sad to be done this series although I left the incomplete ends that trailed off.
leahmbyers's review against another edition
5.0
Read this series over ten years ago and I still think about it. One of my all time favorites
sarahanne8382's review against another edition
4.0
I still don't know what I think about the end of this series. I'm glad there was a clear ending and I think it was fitting, even if there are plenty of individual events I'm disappointed about. If nothing else, Yorick's final escape is the perfect note to end on.
sparklethenpop's review against another edition
4.0
I think I would actually give it 3 1/2 stars. It didn't have as much action as previous volumes and provided SOME answers but not ALL. I felt like the ending could have been a slightly happier one, it seemed the only people who got a happy ending were Hero and the original Beth.
nyarasha's review against another edition
3.0
I really like the characters in this series. They are a diverse group of people and I got to know and like them, despite the sparse dialogue and backstory. However, the ending left something to be desired. I didn't leave feeling like I had been on a complete journey, just a partial one, wondering what happened in the future in between the present day and sketches portrayed.
hellsfire's review against another edition
2.0
Listen to my review on V for Vertigo, Episode 96 at http://vforvertigo.blogspot.com or on iTunes.