Reviews with content warning for Animal death - We3: The Deluxe Edition

A mere 100 pages and about as many words (and this is all three volumes!), Morrison's provocative idea is mostly just this - an idea. Once the conceit is sprung (and not a spoiler, it's clear from the cover jacket and first four pages)--that the gov't has turned domestic pets into cyber-weapons--everything which follows is predictable. (Go ahead: No spoilers here, but you can tell the story, can't you?)

There is a lot of potential to a story here. What might have been a graphic novel update to Adam's The Plague Dogs or Burnford's The Incredible Journey or even a Conquest of the Planet of the Apes retread, is instead an undeveloped set of storyboards for a B-level sf movie.

What might have saved this for some is decent art design by Frank Quitely who admittedly is working with very little material. "Gud dog." Even here, be prepared for a lot of gore and some head-scratching zoom cuts. But 20 minutes and it's done.

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ktdakotareads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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amaya_jam's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

i have no problem with violence but any cruelty to animals makes my heart shatter into pieces. poor babies.

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doubleberger's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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minadorissa's review

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emotional fast-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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zoenne's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of my all time favourites.
Challenging and innovative both from a formal and conceptual perspective, the story also hits home emotionally. A very quick read, but will stay with you for a long time.
Thematically similar to Plague Dogs and Lives of the Monster Dogs, but more graphic.

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witchridden's review against another edition

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dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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