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qdawg's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
rebus's review
3.0
I've always been a big fan of Morrison, but this series seems to ramble and lack coherence, while the characters largely fail to engage me. There doesn't seem to be much of a subtler point either, no hidden critique of society.
It's a bland and lifeless one from Morrison this time out, even if the art is pretty nice.
It's a bland and lifeless one from Morrison this time out, even if the art is pretty nice.
brantelg's review
3.0
Overall I found Seven Soldiers to be "good". Most of the individual stories are fun. The overarching plot and unconventional method used to tell that story is interesting but... It just didn't really work in the way that most of Morrison's writing works. The similarly structured Multiversity, for instance, was a much stronger work.
As always, I love seeing the small ways that Morrison weaves the elements he's added to DC over the decades into this story (like the brief appearance of the Ultramarine Corps, or the Dark Side concept continued in Final Crisis) but I don't know that I'll revisit Seven Soldiers again.
As always, I love seeing the small ways that Morrison weaves the elements he's added to DC over the decades into this story (like the brief appearance of the Ultramarine Corps, or the Dark Side concept continued in Final Crisis) but I don't know that I'll revisit Seven Soldiers again.
crowyhead's review
4.0
Ok, this series is definitely picking up speed, and this collection is much better than the first one. The first one feels retroactively better, actually, as things start to make more sense and the characters become increasingly compelling. The artwork for the Shining Knight's issues is particularly gorgeous, too.
the_graylien's review
2.0
While the second volume of the series in which Grant Morrison takes on DC's c-listers shows some brilliance of the always fascinating author and sheds a little more light on the whole coherence of the story, it's still not something that I'm blown away by like I've been when reading many of Mr. Morrison's other tales.
skolastic's review
4.0
Weird that Goodreads has the first big Seven Soldiers book but apparently not the second one, so I'm cheating and dropping a review on here. Oops.
This feels like kind of a step down after the really well-constructed first half - while Frankenstein's over-the-top horror comics storyline is really good (and Doug Mahnke is a PERFECT match for the subject matter - I always thought that his art was a little too creepy for its own good), Bulleteer and Mister Miracle's storylines just end up feeling too tangential to the main Sheeda invasion plotline. That being said, the way that everything comes together in the grand finale is pretty great (I wish I understood cryptic crosswords so I could try to solve the Manhattan Guardian one :( ), and I'm still disappointed that we didn't get continuing series for these characters after this was all over.
This feels like kind of a step down after the really well-constructed first half - while Frankenstein's over-the-top horror comics storyline is really good (and Doug Mahnke is a PERFECT match for the subject matter - I always thought that his art was a little too creepy for its own good), Bulleteer and Mister Miracle's storylines just end up feeling too tangential to the main Sheeda invasion plotline. That being said, the way that everything comes together in the grand finale is pretty great (I wish I understood cryptic crosswords so I could try to solve the Manhattan Guardian one :( ), and I'm still disappointed that we didn't get continuing series for these characters after this was all over.
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