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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
beautiful art and story,
Nice to see a different kind of story of what happens after you die.
Nice to see a different kind of story of what happens after you die.
I like the concept of the story and I like the art, but I had a little issue with two things. It felt too fast paced in that I think allowing the story space to breathe more would have made the story more effective. The second thing I wasn’t a huge fan of is how the main character was defined by how “good” she was throughout her life, always taking care of others and putting them before herself. I don’t rake issue with that, but I do take issue that being defined as “good” bled over into the afterlife as part of the story. I wanted the character to be more complex. Defining her only as “good” limits what could be done with character development.. or it did in this case at least.
Ugh, how boring. And she goes back to die?? Disappointed I bought this. And everyone she's met is an important queen or monster.
These people were dealt a crappy hand. After dying you would think you would go somewhere, um, peaceful? To enjoy your after-life or whatever among your loved ones and favorite things? But I guess that could get boring pretty fast, and so in Reborn instead of a happy Heaven with harps you are sent to a fantastical, almost medieval at heart, world that is in turmoil. And who have they been waiting for this entire time to right their world's wrongs? Our special Bonnie of course. Which makes me wonder...
-Are all the after worlds tailor made to make each resident the hero of their story? Cause I see nothing that makes Bonnie special in any way to make her "the chosen one". Her "real world" life was pretty common, and even in this after world she is showing no heroic traits. But in After world, well, Bonnie is a super star. I guess we will be explained later.
-The most interesting part about this particular comic was when Bonnie reunites with her old friend, Estelle White. You remember Estelle, right? Christian old lady from #1 who was super prepared to die because she would go to Heaven and be reunited with her husband? Yeah, she does NOT like the "after-world" at all. She was dealt a very crappy hand indeed, making her one of the more interesting characters we have met so far. After landing in the After World she has basically adopted a "no fucks given" philosophy, and I highly dig it.
To be honest, Bonnie was more interesting as the old lady contemplating life than as the 20 something prodigy who is not asking any tough questions, other than where is mom and my dead husband (which I would ask too, but she was so much more interesting before). I hope she snaps out of her "I am pretty again and thus I have no need to be interesting phase" and starts giving us something to look forward to.
Status: Still interested, if slightly irritated with Bonnie.
PS; The cat at the end? PRICELESS. Gems like this keep me coming back for more.
-Are all the after worlds tailor made to make each resident the hero of their story? Cause I see nothing that makes Bonnie special in any way to make her "the chosen one". Her "real world" life was pretty common, and even in this after world she is showing no heroic traits. But in After world, well, Bonnie is a super star. I guess we will be explained later.
-The most interesting part about this particular comic was when Bonnie reunites with her old friend, Estelle White. You remember Estelle, right? Christian old lady from #1 who was super prepared to die because she would go to Heaven and be reunited with her husband? Yeah, she does NOT like the "after-world" at all. She was dealt a very crappy hand indeed, making her one of the more interesting characters we have met so far. After landing in the After World she has basically adopted a "no fucks given" philosophy, and I highly dig it.
To be honest, Bonnie was more interesting as the old lady contemplating life than as the 20 something prodigy who is not asking any tough questions, other than where is mom and my dead husband (which I would ask too, but she was so much more interesting before). I hope she snaps out of her "I am pretty again and thus I have no need to be interesting phase" and starts giving us something to look forward to.
Status: Still interested, if slightly irritated with Bonnie.
PS; The cat at the end? PRICELESS. Gems like this keep me coming back for more.
What a great premise and adventure! Bonnie has lived a long life and dies of a stroke. She finds herself being attacked and then saved by her deceased father. Bonnie is now 25 and is prophesied to kill the major bad guy but she can’t stop thinking about her husband and wonders where he could be. Bonnie and her dad set off to find Harry, Bonnie learns more about how this world works, and how to use her powers. Supposed to be made into a movie in the next year or 2.
I read this one because I heard Sandra Bullock (?) is turning it into a Netflix show. But then I saw it was Mark Millar, and hey, he's one of the legends in comics.
Anyway, strange indeed. When you die you get dropped into a fantasy world, your life deeds determining if you're a fairy queen or a flesh-rotting orc. And of course there's war.
It was fun, though dark. I like stories of dropping out of this world and into something fantastical, though there were a few eyebrow-raising "oh really?" moments.
Will read on, will wonder how in the world SB's gonna do this one.
(Thanks Hoopla and my library for letting me read this on my computer, on a whim!)
Anyway, strange indeed. When you die you get dropped into a fantasy world, your life deeds determining if you're a fairy queen or a flesh-rotting orc. And of course there's war.
It was fun, though dark. I like stories of dropping out of this world and into something fantastical, though there were a few eyebrow-raising "oh really?" moments.
Will read on, will wonder how in the world SB's gonna do this one.
(Thanks Hoopla and my library for letting me read this on my computer, on a whim!)
adventurous
fast-paced