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sarknado's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
merlin_reads's review against another edition
2.0
I wasn't a super fan of this story. A group of misfits just trying to make their way in the galaxy by working odd jobs for money. At the core there are two sisters, one is the leader and the other I'm assuming is a novice who can't handle a real weapon so she gets a gun that shoots bubblegum - yeah I don't know why and it's never explained. The story felt really forced and like it was trying to hard to be this cyber-punk battle but fell flat with the jokes. There's little to no background given on anyone and the authors don't spend any time developing the characters so there was no way for me to connect with anyone. It just missed the mark for me.
carroq's review against another edition
3.0
I received this book in the July 2016 Comic Bento box. The version included in this box came with a variant cover on the trade, which is pretty cool. It seems like Aspen does this regularly for Comic Bento. The books in the box featured robots, but this book really only has cyborgs, which are closely related I guess.
Anyway, Heist Jinks is about a group of thieves, sort of like Ocean's Eleven or the Italian Job, with high tech gadgets. They steal a mysterious package for a client, beating out a rival team along the way. With added interest in the package, they ask for more money, but things quickly unravel for them.
This is a pretty fast paced book with plenty of action. The story isn't wholly original, but the package itself and why each of the different factions want it is well thought out. Sometimes the characters fall into certain stereotypes, which isn't bad in and of itself. It just might not be appealing to some readers.
The illustrations didn't thrill me. There are some cool sequences, but there is also some objectification of women. Two things about the book excited me though. The first is the colorist. The colors used for this book are amazing. They capture the tone and setting perfectly. It can be a bit over the top, but that is exactly what this book needed. The second thing I liked came from the letterer. Instead of using the traditional expletive symbols, there were images to convey what the speaker meant without using the curse words. I don't know if this is something he just decided to do or if it's something Aspen does in general, but I thought it was really clever.
I do recommend this book to anyone that wants an action packed, cyberpunk story and doesn't mind that it might be shallow.
Anyway, Heist Jinks is about a group of thieves, sort of like Ocean's Eleven or the Italian Job, with high tech gadgets. They steal a mysterious package for a client, beating out a rival team along the way. With added interest in the package, they ask for more money, but things quickly unravel for them.
This is a pretty fast paced book with plenty of action. The story isn't wholly original, but the package itself and why each of the different factions want it is well thought out. Sometimes the characters fall into certain stereotypes, which isn't bad in and of itself. It just might not be appealing to some readers.
The illustrations didn't thrill me. There are some cool sequences, but there is also some objectification of women. Two things about the book excited me though. The first is the colorist. The colors used for this book are amazing. They capture the tone and setting perfectly. It can be a bit over the top, but that is exactly what this book needed. The second thing I liked came from the letterer. Instead of using the traditional expletive symbols, there were images to convey what the speaker meant without using the curse words. I don't know if this is something he just decided to do or if it's something Aspen does in general, but I thought it was really clever.
I do recommend this book to anyone that wants an action packed, cyberpunk story and doesn't mind that it might be shallow.
sugarqpage's review against another edition
3.0
Closer to 2.5 stars. The art was fun and there was some highly entertaining sequences. On the surface this cyberpunk heist story seems right up my alley. But it rushes the coupling of the protagonist and her best friend turned boy friend. It also had an opportunity to draw out the story a bit more and fell short of that. Hoping some better pacing in the second run.
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