Reviews

Lost Dogs by Jeff Lemire

nichole1988's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

ashlikes's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

radicaledwardiv's review

5.0

Really enjoyed this story. Compared to his style in Lemire's later works this one is just so raw and powerful I feel. It's a quick read and definitely something I'd read again.

karliclover's review

2.0

This, I'm pretty sure, is Jeff Lemire's first professional publication. And it shows. I love Lemire's work, and Lost Dogs certainly has its charms, but it is definitely not his best. With the plot holes, the Women in Refrigerators, and the strangeness of the ending, I was unimpressed with the story. I did, however, enjoy the art. It's very messy and rough, but it's also very enchanting. That's the norm for Lemire's art, but it's even more so here.

helpfulsnowman's review

3.0

One of Jeff's earliest published works, and it's bleak as hell. I would've loved it 10 years ago. Maybe now I don't have the stomach for the relentless bleakness that I used to? It's not like this thing was repulsive, it just leaves you feeling like, welp, that happened and I sort of wish it didn't.

Reading it is a little like seeing a dead dog on the side of a country road. The dog's long gone, there's nothing you could've done about it, and you're sort of like, "Eh, I could've done without seeing that."

You know what's weird? How often fiction involves cage fighting, bareknuckle boxing, fight clubs, all that shit. I just saw Pig, and it was good, but it had a weird fighting scene. Jeff Lemire's Descender has robots fighting in an arena. Planet Hulk starts out with that stuff (replicated in Thor: Ragnarok). Walking Dead has it.

What is it about these Roman gladiator things?

Here's a list of things we haven't seen go gladiatorial, to my knowledge, in case you want to try it:

Academic Conference
Daycare (I think there may have been a real-life news story about toddler fights, probably in Florida, but I don't think they had armor and shit)
Yarn Store
Reality Chef Competition
Literary Magazine Submission Process

daniellemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

novelerachavela's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

markruzickova's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

pustulio's review

4.0

Me estoy convirtiendo en fan de Jeff Lemire, creo que la mejor manera de empezar con este autor es Essex County, ¿porqué? Pues porqué las historias de Essex están llenas de detalles, guiños, coqueterías y todas esas cosas que embellecen una buena novela gráfica. En cambio Lost Dogs se siente cruda y muy directa hasta ciertos puntos. Pero no es mala si no todo lo contraria.

Jeff Lemire estudio cine y después de estudiar cine dijo "quiero hacer novelas gráficas", y esta al ser su primera novela gráfica publicada, se nota la novatez en su escritura y sus dibujos, eso si, la manera de contar la historia, es super cinematográfica, casi casi puedes sentir los movimientos de cámara, y no solo aquí si no en essex county también. El tipo sabe como hacer una novela fluida y nada aburrida.

Lost dog puede que no sea su mejor trabajo y puede que la historia sea completamente preddecible, pero tiene esa calidez y magia que tiene Jeff al contarnos historias. La recomiendo chingo.

mscherer's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25