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wouter_dhondt's review
4.0
Amazing setting and world building. Giant dead alien beings (Gods?) floating in space are harvested by autopsy ships for resources (meat, bone, ...) while the government is using escort fighter ships to suppress the black market of said resources.
While the setting is great and unique, the story itself is pretty basic. The art and coloring is phenomenal.
I'd like to continue reading, but more out of interest in the setting and the art.
While the setting is great and unique, the story itself is pretty basic. The art and coloring is phenomenal.
I'd like to continue reading, but more out of interest in the setting and the art.
magis1105's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
helpfulsnowman's review
1.0
Yikers.
The art and story don't work together at all. If you've got a confusing, time-jumping story, you need solid art where characters don't look alike and it's not just a bunch of neon with blur effects applied. Normally I'm not this hard on art, but this just didn't work to my taste in any way. It almost felt like the art and story were competing to be more inscrutable.
The story is a good idea, and it could go a few different ways. Alien shows us a spacefaring future where space becomes a boring 9-5 job, and that works. Star Wars is an adventure tale where space is magical, and that works. This book shows us magical space and the 9-5, and somehow it's really mundane. They're mining the corpses of gods for profit, and somehow it's totally boring, and not in a funny, Starship Troopers way where it's funny to watch because everyone experiencing this bizarre thing is just bored by it.
The overall plot, the twist, is one of those deals where once you get there, you're like, "If you'd told this in a straightforward way, I think it would've worked a lot better." Instead, we find out the twist, which isn't so much a twist as a massive misunderstanding where nobody really acted in a way that's outrageous, stuff just happened, and...there we are.
The characters, there are basically two we need, and then we get a half dozen others who are just sort of in the area because I guess we couldn't have one guy push all the buttons on a space ship. But they only serve to confuse the story.
I don't know why this one pushed all the wrong buttons for me, but it did.
The art and story don't work together at all. If you've got a confusing, time-jumping story, you need solid art where characters don't look alike and it's not just a bunch of neon with blur effects applied. Normally I'm not this hard on art, but this just didn't work to my taste in any way. It almost felt like the art and story were competing to be more inscrutable.
The story is a good idea, and it could go a few different ways. Alien shows us a spacefaring future where space becomes a boring 9-5 job, and that works. Star Wars is an adventure tale where space is magical, and that works. This book shows us magical space and the 9-5, and somehow it's really mundane. They're mining the corpses of gods for profit, and somehow it's totally boring, and not in a funny, Starship Troopers way where it's funny to watch because everyone experiencing this bizarre thing is just bored by it.
The overall plot, the twist, is one of those deals where once you get there, you're like, "If you'd told this in a straightforward way, I think it would've worked a lot better." Instead, we find out the twist, which isn't so much a twist as a massive misunderstanding where nobody really acted in a way that's outrageous, stuff just happened, and...there we are.
The characters, there are basically two we need, and then we get a half dozen others who are just sort of in the area because I guess we couldn't have one guy push all the buttons on a space ship. But they only serve to confuse the story.
I don't know why this one pushed all the wrong buttons for me, but it did.
crashmore's review
3.0
I read this as individual issues as it was released. The premise was intriguing and I liked what I had seen of the art from previews so I subscribed. Overall I've enjoyed this first arc and I think there's alot of promise here. I felt like the pacing was uneven at points and a coupe issues in I nearly gave up on the book but glad I didn't. I really picked up again near the end. In alot of ways I'd label this one as a space soap opera but not entirely in a bad way. This art is gorgeous and even in the slower issues for me the art was great and helped keep me engaged. Looking forward to seeing where this goes into arc #2.
fdg_07's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
cassberegi's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
leleisreading's review
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5