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daisysbookmusings's review
2.0
Lovely idea but felt rushed. Could have made the story of finding Fred and the big twist have some build up, instead, it felt like everything was so crammed into the few pages there didn't feel like there was much suspense.
shane_tiernan's review
2.0
This was a semi-interesting idea, but very simple and not very engaging. Might work better for young-adults or kids than this old man.
caitcosentino's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
I've always loved Amelia Earhart, so this is a fun, crazy story
acrisalves's review
4.0
https://osrascunhos.com/2018/05/02/elsewhere-vol-1-faerber-kesgin-riley-e-mauer/
Com uma premissa engraçada, este primeiro volume apresenta uma série com alguns elementos interessantes mas que, comparativamente a outras séries em curso, como The Autumnlands, fica muito aquém.Entenda-se, este primeiro volume fornece uma leitura agradável e movimentada, mas a premissa aqui exposta já foi melhor explorada.
Porquê a comparação com The Autumnlands? Ambas as séries começam com o aparecimento de um ser humano numa outra realidade carregada de elementos fantásticos. Mas se, em The Autumnlands, o mundo apresentado se auspicia carregado de detalhes interessantes, a realidade paralela de Elsewhere parece bastante linear – uma realidade de elementos quase medievais onde os seres humanóides lutam contra um lorde de reinado ditatorial.
Amelia Earhart, célebre pioneira da aviação que desapareceu em 1927 a tentar circun-navegar a Terra, apareceu numa outra realidade fantástica dominada por um típico ditador que a todos prende e tortura. Esta premissa, em que uma heroína surge noutra realidade, com aura de predestinada à libertação da tirania, surge também noutros livros, como Reborn de Millar, mas de forma mais competente – Amelia aparece neste mundo a meio de uma fuga de dois prisioneiros e acaba por os acompanhar.
Quem ler esta comparação com The Autumnlands ou Reborn (duas das minhas séries favoritas dos últimos tempos), irá pensar que Elsewhere é uma série péssima. Pelo contrário. É uma série que consegue entregar diversão e envolver o leitor centrando-se numa figura histórica e apresentando-a como uma personagem interessante e aventureira. Graficamente não é fascinante nem arrebatadora, mas tem uma qualidade consistente. Já do ponto de vista narrativa, cai nalguns clichés mas é capaz de apresentar bons momentos de acção.
Se lerei o próximo volume? Com menor prioridade de outras séries que sigo!
Com uma premissa engraçada, este primeiro volume apresenta uma série com alguns elementos interessantes mas que, comparativamente a outras séries em curso, como The Autumnlands, fica muito aquém.Entenda-se, este primeiro volume fornece uma leitura agradável e movimentada, mas a premissa aqui exposta já foi melhor explorada.
Porquê a comparação com The Autumnlands? Ambas as séries começam com o aparecimento de um ser humano numa outra realidade carregada de elementos fantásticos. Mas se, em The Autumnlands, o mundo apresentado se auspicia carregado de detalhes interessantes, a realidade paralela de Elsewhere parece bastante linear – uma realidade de elementos quase medievais onde os seres humanóides lutam contra um lorde de reinado ditatorial.
Amelia Earhart, célebre pioneira da aviação que desapareceu em 1927 a tentar circun-navegar a Terra, apareceu numa outra realidade fantástica dominada por um típico ditador que a todos prende e tortura. Esta premissa, em que uma heroína surge noutra realidade, com aura de predestinada à libertação da tirania, surge também noutros livros, como Reborn de Millar, mas de forma mais competente – Amelia aparece neste mundo a meio de uma fuga de dois prisioneiros e acaba por os acompanhar.
Quem ler esta comparação com The Autumnlands ou Reborn (duas das minhas séries favoritas dos últimos tempos), irá pensar que Elsewhere é uma série péssima. Pelo contrário. É uma série que consegue entregar diversão e envolver o leitor centrando-se numa figura histórica e apresentando-a como uma personagem interessante e aventureira. Graficamente não é fascinante nem arrebatadora, mas tem uma qualidade consistente. Já do ponto de vista narrativa, cai nalguns clichés mas é capaz de apresentar bons momentos de acção.
Se lerei o próximo volume? Com menor prioridade de outras séries que sigo!
theverbalthing's review
3.0
I received an ARC copy of Elsewhere, Vol. 1 from Image Comics for review on In Full Bleed. You can read an excerpt of that review below or read it in its entirety at this link.
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It’s not uncommon for creators to put fantastical or science fiction twists on historical events. In Elsewhere, writer Jay Faerber and artist Sumeyye Kesgin put forth a new thesis on what happened to Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan: they disappeared into a space-time vortex. Naturally, they landed years apart in a mythical location occupied by non-humans and flying steeds, and though they parachuted out of their plane just seconds apart, Noonan has been on this fantastical island for years while Earhart is only just arriving.
The concept of Elsewhere is really cool. It’s historical fiction meets How to Train Your Dragon with a bit of espionage, bribery, and regicide mixed in. Likewise, the way the series plays with the space-time continuum is fascinating. Earhart is already a historical figure by the time she lands her parachute, and one of the characters she encounters comes from the year 1971.
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Amelia spends the majority of Elsewhere chasing after a man, which reads like a bizarre interpretation of care ethics. She’s arguably the most capable character in the story; she clearly doesn’t need men to do what she wants to do.
However, Amelia is singularly obsessed with finding Fred Noonan. She continuously puts her own life in danger for him; she also puts herself and other women on the line to rescue another man she barely knows. The characters who are most helpful to Amelia are also women, though they don’t get nearly enough page time or credit.
That makes a lot of Elsewhere — which could be so much more focused on women and their accomplishments — fall flat.
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It’s not uncommon for creators to put fantastical or science fiction twists on historical events. In Elsewhere, writer Jay Faerber and artist Sumeyye Kesgin put forth a new thesis on what happened to Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan: they disappeared into a space-time vortex. Naturally, they landed years apart in a mythical location occupied by non-humans and flying steeds, and though they parachuted out of their plane just seconds apart, Noonan has been on this fantastical island for years while Earhart is only just arriving.
The concept of Elsewhere is really cool. It’s historical fiction meets How to Train Your Dragon with a bit of espionage, bribery, and regicide mixed in. Likewise, the way the series plays with the space-time continuum is fascinating. Earhart is already a historical figure by the time she lands her parachute, and one of the characters she encounters comes from the year 1971.
...
Amelia spends the majority of Elsewhere chasing after a man, which reads like a bizarre interpretation of care ethics. She’s arguably the most capable character in the story; she clearly doesn’t need men to do what she wants to do.
However, Amelia is singularly obsessed with finding Fred Noonan. She continuously puts her own life in danger for him; she also puts herself and other women on the line to rescue another man she barely knows. The characters who are most helpful to Amelia are also women, though they don’t get nearly enough page time or credit.
That makes a lot of Elsewhere — which could be so much more focused on women and their accomplishments — fall flat.
aneumann's review
3.0
This was super average although I really like the art.
Basically Amelia Earhart didn't die, she was transported to another dimension. Cute story but still very rough around the edges. Probably won't continue reading it.
Basically Amelia Earhart didn't die, she was transported to another dimension. Cute story but still very rough around the edges. Probably won't continue reading it.
renee_pompeii's review
3.0
This was a fun, very classically drawn sci-fi and historical fiction mash-up. Just a quick, zippy story that pulls together some favorite Unsolved Mysteries type people and imagines them doing their thang in a strange parallel world/dimension...at least, that's where they *appear* to be...later volumes may steer us ELSEWHERE (you see what I did there?)
cobblestones's review
3.0
This was so completely bonkers and I'm here for it, daddy-o. What a riveting documentary. It's such a relief finally knowing what happened to Amelia, you know?