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alexauthorshay's review against another edition
3.0
A bit of a "more of the same" vibe as Tales From the Loop, except this one focuses on a different time. It also felt a little more "art book" to me, with different concepts for the robots and various machinery, etc. The storyline held my interest more too.
alcazalsir's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this even more than Tales from the Loop (even though I gave them both 5 stars). This one felt like a more cohesive story to me and the other more episodic. It’s definitely darker than the first book. If you like Tales from the Loop, you’ll like Things from the Flood!
bridgette's review against another edition
4.0
The artwork even better in this one. Some are so detailed and life like, I have to remind myself that it's not a picture. My favorite were the vagabonds, and I really hope they get their own book someday. This is perfect blend of surrealism and body horror (sorta? robot body horror?) that I love.
joth1006's review against another edition
Når inte riktigt upp till föregångarens höjder, men det här är fortfarande extremt bra science fiction. Precis som i ur Varselklotet är det också en väldigt fin barndomsskildring, denna gång under nittiotalet.
Sidenote: jag har varit med och Kickstartat rollspelet till Stålenhags värld som förlaget kommer att ge ut i vår, och är duktigt pepp.
Sidenote: jag har varit med och Kickstartat rollspelet till Stålenhags värld som förlaget kommer att ge ut i vår, och är duktigt pepp.
pearseanderson's review against another edition
4.0
This was just what I needed in my life! And it was so, so good. But I did prefer Tales From The Loop, if I'm being honest. Stålenhag's art quality has increased, I'm sure, but the vignettes didn't come together in the way I hoped. There was falling action without a climax, which could be fine since they are vignettes, but the entire book built wonderfully to a sense of RISING tension and stakes. For that to cut out in the last 30 pages, accompanied with some panels that I really wished were explained (you just gonna leave giant centipedes in there for 1 panel and never bring it up again?) Anyway, I loved the growth of these characters and some of the vignettes (the Russian AI bear? The parish house and the hacker? Wow!)
Again, Stålenhag has done it with the art. The use of soft colors, perfect blue hours/nights, and lighting of surfaces amazes me. I read this in one sitting to the Stranger Things 2 soundtrack and you should do the same. 9/10
Again, Stålenhag has done it with the art. The use of soft colors, perfect blue hours/nights, and lighting of surfaces amazes me. I read this in one sitting to the Stranger Things 2 soundtrack and you should do the same. 9/10
alexxxxxxxxxx's review against another edition
5.0
These books are great. Gorgeous paintings and a fun story to string them together. In this volume, we see the end of the Loop project and what really caused the government to step up and clean up the mess.
When some of the technology littering the landscape starts opening portals and flooding towns and causing "machine cancer", which, yuck. People are starting to be put on alert. Then AI robots from Russia start emigrating to Sweden and eventually the death of a little boy is what starts the reclamation of the land.
Personally I think the stand out of this second book was everything to do with the Vagabonds. I am thoroughly fascinated with AI rising up gaining intelligence and trying to survive. I thought the details about their biologically based religion and their fascination with soft prints, feathers and furs was very interesting. I would watch a show entirely about the Vagabonds.
Especially since I looked up the Amazon series for these books and they are predictably exactly what I figured it would be, and not even set in Sweden, so blegh.
Give me my Vagybonds!
When some of the technology littering the landscape starts opening portals and flooding towns and causing "machine cancer", which, yuck. People are starting to be put on alert. Then AI robots from Russia start emigrating to Sweden and eventually the death of a little boy is what starts the reclamation of the land.
Personally I think the stand out of this second book was everything to do with the Vagabonds. I am thoroughly fascinated with AI rising up gaining intelligence and trying to survive. I thought the details about their biologically based religion and their fascination with soft prints, feathers and furs was very interesting. I would watch a show entirely about the Vagabonds.
Especially since I looked up the Amazon series for these books and they are predictably exactly what I figured it would be, and not even set in Sweden, so blegh.
Give me my Vagybonds!
n8duke's review against another edition
4.0
The Electric State had a far superior story. But the art was still phenomenal. It’s been interesting reading these in reverse order. Time to read Tales from the Loop!