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juliamariereads's review
3.0
2.5? As single issues these would have been great and I'd understand the hype, but the overall arc of the story left me wanting not in a great way.
intotheheartwyld's review
3.0
I was really enjoying this until the end when it just up and ended. It just cuts off and boom it’s over, and it leaves such an unsatisfied feeling.
The story is very character driven but it moves at such a quick pace that you can’t really fully connect with any one of the kids, there is so much that could have been explored that wasn’t. The plot around Plutona was very bland and because it never really fully develops it just makes it seem boring. The final chapter was super good, it was dark and started getting intense and really pulled me in, and then, it was over.
The end left me with more questions and yearnings then anything and it just feels incomplete and unfinished, which bothers the heck out of me.
The story is very character driven but it moves at such a quick pace that you can’t really fully connect with any one of the kids, there is so much that could have been explored that wasn’t. The plot around Plutona was very bland and because it never really fully develops it just makes it seem boring. The final chapter was super good, it was dark and started getting intense and really pulled me in, and then, it was over.
The end left me with more questions and yearnings then anything and it just feels incomplete and unfinished, which bothers the heck out of me.
librarianelizabeth's review
2.0
What... what even was this?
Seriously... what the heck did I just read? I'm so confused.
Seriously... what the heck did I just read? I'm so confused.
almond's review
1.0
Maybe graphic novels just aren't for me. I didn't like most of the characters, and I didn't like the ending.
kittyg's review
3.0
I actually read this without knowing it was just a mini-series of five issues and so when I reached the end I immediately thought there would be a volume #2 coming. When I checked online it turns out there is not a volume #2 coming and actually it is just a super abrupt and shocking ending.
This story follows five "friends" (I say that in quotation marks because actually they bully one another and seem like they aren't true friends at many points of the volume) who accidentally stumble across the body of a woman in the woods. This isn't just anyone, it's the most famous superhero in their town, Plutona! They know that they cannot tell anyone because if word gets out then the 'baddies' of the town will start a riot and there won't be anyone good enough to save them so they keep it a secret.
This is described as a coming of age story and I believe there are rumours that it's being adapted into a film. As a film I believe this would be great because it would allow you the time to get to know the characters and to develop a relationship to them. In this super short series it was pretty hard to get a real sense of each character and so, when the shocking elements of the story are revealed later one, it's not as exciting and tragic as it may have been had this been developed into a longer story-line.
The artwork in this is definitely in a style I really like so I have to give credit there to the artist because the water-colour washes and deadly pallor of the skin made this a very lovely book to look at and read.
That's not to say that this isn't a bittersweet story that does show 5 children being forced to deal with some horrible circumstances. They have to keep secrets from one another, their families and their neighbours, and this puts a strain on the already tenuous relationships they all have. I think I most liked the young brother and the larger female character as they actually seemed to have a little more too them, but Amie and the goth-dude were not the type of people I liked much. I do think that their story was told in a very realistic way and that they did feel like genuine responses to the situation (had it been real) but I just wanted more time to get to know them overall. I ended up giving this a 3*s in the end.
This story follows five "friends" (I say that in quotation marks because actually they bully one another and seem like they aren't true friends at many points of the volume) who accidentally stumble across the body of a woman in the woods. This isn't just anyone, it's the most famous superhero in their town, Plutona! They know that they cannot tell anyone because if word gets out then the 'baddies' of the town will start a riot and there won't be anyone good enough to save them so they keep it a secret.
This is described as a coming of age story and I believe there are rumours that it's being adapted into a film. As a film I believe this would be great because it would allow you the time to get to know the characters and to develop a relationship to them. In this super short series it was pretty hard to get a real sense of each character and so, when the shocking elements of the story are revealed later one, it's not as exciting and tragic as it may have been had this been developed into a longer story-line.
The artwork in this is definitely in a style I really like so I have to give credit there to the artist because the water-colour washes and deadly pallor of the skin made this a very lovely book to look at and read.
That's not to say that this isn't a bittersweet story that does show 5 children being forced to deal with some horrible circumstances. They have to keep secrets from one another, their families and their neighbours, and this puts a strain on the already tenuous relationships they all have. I think I most liked the young brother and the larger female character as they actually seemed to have a little more too them, but Amie and the goth-dude were not the type of people I liked much. I do think that their story was told in a very realistic way and that they did feel like genuine responses to the situation (had it been real) but I just wanted more time to get to know them overall. I ended up giving this a 3*s in the end.
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