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avscarlett's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
samanthamurk's review against another edition
adventurous
4.0
loving this series! didn’t love this one as much as i did the first one but it was still rly good!
dryden's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
tomas_lw's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
art_cart_ron's review against another edition
4.0
Book Two picks up the pace a little from Book One, but it is a lateral change - and flows well from the first book to the next.
Now Halo, an average citizen from an overpopulated hoop (floating circular colony for the poor and unemployed) taking to the stars in a recommissioned ship that she's fantasized about escaping Earth on. Her wish fulfilled, life is still on the mundane side - making a living serving the wealthier passengers and finding herself entangled in several mysteries and challenges.
The threats and matters of consequence are less mundane now - but no less impacting and critical for Halo personally - - they do, however, impact more people this time - and her responsibilities are evolving.
Halo Jones is definitely a book I didn't know I wanted or needed like I do.
I hear "robot dog" and I think "K9". Toby is no K9.
My favorite character in this book is the noncharacter - and I am willing to bet that Kiff, from Futurama, has some of their DNA.
Ahead of its time. Of course you knew that already - its Alan Moore.
Now Halo, an average citizen from an overpopulated hoop (floating circular colony for the poor and unemployed) taking to the stars in a recommissioned ship that she's fantasized about escaping Earth on. Her wish fulfilled, life is still on the mundane side - making a living serving the wealthier passengers and finding herself entangled in several mysteries and challenges.
The threats and matters of consequence are less mundane now - but no less impacting and critical for Halo personally - - they do, however, impact more people this time - and her responsibilities are evolving.
Halo Jones is definitely a book I didn't know I wanted or needed like I do.
I hear "robot dog" and I think "K9". Toby is no K9.
My favorite character in this book is the noncharacter - and I am willing to bet that Kiff, from Futurama, has some of their DNA.
Ahead of its time. Of course you knew that already - its Alan Moore.
rebus's review
1.0
Bland and mediocre, with terrible art to boot, this is Moore's worst moment.
While it does have some nice concepts, such as the fact that poverty reduction programs merely sweep the poor under the rug so elites in the upper middle class don't have to see them, Halo's notion that 'anyone could have done it' hits the mark right on: that is to say, what she did in leaving is utterly unremarkable, just like her own life (it presages the 90s and the era of participation trophies).
Halo says she is not special, and that is spot on, as she became nothing more than a 'waitress in the sky' to quite the Replacements, much like all small town girls who escape to the bigger cities. She becomes a hostage at one point, screaming like the shrill and idiotic weak female character in Indiana Jones, having to be saved by her robotic dog. Halo couldn't catch a rat, but a non-entity named Glyph did so easily (and that character is perhaps the most memorable in this dull series).
Far from being a feminist icon, Halo is just a cliched and weak female, which was certainly not what Moore intended (though we should ignore the many women who have written that he is sexist, something that has never been close to the truth).
While it does have some nice concepts, such as the fact that poverty reduction programs merely sweep the poor under the rug so elites in the upper middle class don't have to see them, Halo's notion that 'anyone could have done it' hits the mark right on: that is to say, what she did in leaving is utterly unremarkable, just like her own life (it presages the 90s and the era of participation trophies).
Halo says she is not special, and that is spot on, as she became nothing more than a 'waitress in the sky' to quite the Replacements, much like all small town girls who escape to the bigger cities. She becomes a hostage at one point, screaming like the shrill and idiotic weak female character in Indiana Jones, having to be saved by her robotic dog. Halo couldn't catch a rat, but a non-entity named Glyph did so easily (and that character is perhaps the most memorable in this dull series).
Far from being a feminist icon, Halo is just a cliched and weak female, which was certainly not what Moore intended (though we should ignore the many women who have written that he is sexist, something that has never been close to the truth).
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