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hannahri's review against another edition
dark
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? No
2.25
singinwicked's review against another edition
2.0
Felt more like a short story. The story felt rushed... I did not care about any of the characters enough to be invested in their struggle.
Some panels were hard to understand because of the minimal color pallette. You can use minimal colors and still create visually complex panels, but I often could not tell what I was looking at.
Some panels were hard to understand because of the minimal color pallette. You can use minimal colors and still create visually complex panels, but I often could not tell what I was looking at.
awahle's review
dark
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? No
2.75
kvltprincess's review against another edition
2.0
Eh. I didn't like the art style and there wasn't enough depth to the story (which I think could have been really neat). My favorite part was all the additional artwork by various artists in the back.
helpfulsnowman's review against another edition
1.0
Here’s Pete’s Rule of Comics Greatness:
A good comic is understandable from the text alone. A good comic is also understandable by the images alone. A great comic is understandable from either the text or images alone, and the text and images work together, enhancing each other and enriching each other.
Which means a terrible comic isn’t understandable from the text alone OR the images alone, and when the two come together it doesn’t really help.
The best comics you walk away from feeling like the text and images are perfect for each other, and you can’t imagine a different artist or writer on the book.
Lots of good comics have one or the other: say the art is just okay and the writing is great.
Bad comics are both. Just indecipherable.
Also this had like 5-10 text essays at the end. This trend in comics is no bueno.
Here’s an idea: use the medium to express what you want to express as opposed to using the medium as a delivery vehicle for academic essays. Comics are not the cheese you put around the medicine to get a dog to take it. They can be the cheese AND the medicine.
A good comic is understandable from the text alone. A good comic is also understandable by the images alone. A great comic is understandable from either the text or images alone, and the text and images work together, enhancing each other and enriching each other.
Which means a terrible comic isn’t understandable from the text alone OR the images alone, and when the two come together it doesn’t really help.
The best comics you walk away from feeling like the text and images are perfect for each other, and you can’t imagine a different artist or writer on the book.
Lots of good comics have one or the other: say the art is just okay and the writing is great.
Bad comics are both. Just indecipherable.
Also this had like 5-10 text essays at the end. This trend in comics is no bueno.
Here’s an idea: use the medium to express what you want to express as opposed to using the medium as a delivery vehicle for academic essays. Comics are not the cheese you put around the medicine to get a dog to take it. They can be the cheese AND the medicine.
indiarosey's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
gimchi's review against another edition
1.0
woooooow. incredibly boring, just lots of gore. dialogue was AWFUL.
magnetgrrl's review against another edition
2.0
I swear I already reviewed this. It was OK but not more than that. It read like a storyboard for a TV show or movie that didn't get picked up. A bunch happens way too fast, without any time to build suspense, and then resolves too quickly without much payoff, and then there's a tacked-on "oh but is there more?!" cliffhanger kinda thing. That being said, I would consider reading the further volumes (I think there are 2?) but only if they're free on Comixology or something. I like Steve Niles but... I honestly just don't want to read any more of this bad enough to pay for it.
helterskelliter's review against another edition
3.0
So, this story has a LOT of negative reviews. Or, more accurately, a lot of lackluster reviews. I didn’t pay much mind to them before reading the story. Maybe I should have?
I definite do not vehemently dislike this work but I do agree that it has some unrefined aspects, perhaps the worst aspect being its reliance on cliches. To me, it seems like it was trying to pull off a Texas Chainsaw Massacre-esque story without any of the finesse. There’s not enough attention paid to the details, though to pull it off. Ultimately, I’m left feeling like this story bit off more than it could chew.
That said, I did still give it a fairly neutral rating because I did find the underlying (and unfortunately under-developed) idea to be interesting and the art is definitely engaging if a bit incongruous with the writing at points. I appreciated the essay addition at the end of the work as well though I wish the content had been more integrated in some way. It just kind of “floats” at the end there with little purpose.
I definite do not vehemently dislike this work but I do agree that it has some unrefined aspects, perhaps the worst aspect being its reliance on cliches. To me, it seems like it was trying to pull off a Texas Chainsaw Massacre-esque story without any of the finesse. There’s not enough attention paid to the details, though to pull it off. Ultimately, I’m left feeling like this story bit off more than it could chew.
That said, I did still give it a fairly neutral rating because I did find the underlying (and unfortunately under-developed) idea to be interesting and the art is definitely engaging if a bit incongruous with the writing at points. I appreciated the essay addition at the end of the work as well though I wish the content had been more integrated in some way. It just kind of “floats” at the end there with little purpose.
dessa's review against another edition
2.0
This was really really not for me. But if you like satanic cults and gore and a plot arc which is more blood than plot, this might just be for you!