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justiceofkalr's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting zombie book. The main character, Gwen, is a zombie who must eat a person's brain every week in order to maintain her human appearance and mind. Unfortunately for her she also gets the memories of the brain's owner. She hangs around with a ghost girl from the sixties and a guy who turns into a were-terrier every month. Pretty intriguing concept. Partway through the book a nice semi-egyptian explanation is given for the presence of different types of supernatural beings that are running around. Kind of refreshing to see the presence of these beings explained when most books just want you to take them for granted. So far this seems like an entertaining series, and I'll be picking up the second volume when I get the chance.
magnetgrrl's review against another edition
2.0
I watched the TV series hyped on Netflix before I realized it was based on a comic and then bought this first volume to check out the origins. It's not often I say an adaptation did it better, but it seems like they took the best gems out of this idea, and turned them into something more cohesive. This first book is OK, but really the only thing doing it for me is Mike Allred's artwork, which is smooth and cool as always.
The story in the comic jumps around too much, and it's hard to follow. There's a LOT MORE going on in the comic that makes way less sense, or is just unexplained, than in the TV series.
Overall the entire concept is pretty done in from the start: Girl with a great future as a doctor + great future husband + great, rich family and great friends, gets scratched by a zombie and has to give all that up to start working a crappier job so she has access to brains in order to stay sort of living. To start feeling useful in the world again, she solves the murders of the people whose brains she has eaten, and tries to help stop an impending zombie apocalypse. Seems like just another "Person with special and unusual quality X solves crimes!" serial drama, but capitalizing on the popularity of zombies and also touching on anything supernatural (werewolves, vampires, ghosts) that wanders nearby - like about 50% or more of pop culture at the moment. If it's not supernatural, it's GEEK! Sigh.
I might keep reading the comic to see where it goes but, I would recommend the TV show before the comic to anyone at this point.
The story in the comic jumps around too much, and it's hard to follow. There's a LOT MORE going on in the comic that makes way less sense, or is just unexplained, than in the TV series.
Overall the entire concept is pretty done in from the start: Girl with a great future as a doctor + great future husband + great, rich family and great friends, gets scratched by a zombie and has to give all that up to start working a crappier job so she has access to brains in order to stay sort of living. To start feeling useful in the world again, she solves the murders of the people whose brains she has eaten, and tries to help stop an impending zombie apocalypse. Seems like just another "Person with special and unusual quality X solves crimes!" serial drama, but capitalizing on the popularity of zombies and also touching on anything supernatural (werewolves, vampires, ghosts) that wanders nearby - like about 50% or more of pop culture at the moment. If it's not supernatural, it's GEEK! Sigh.
I might keep reading the comic to see where it goes but, I would recommend the TV show before the comic to anyone at this point.
jcpdiesel21's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't think it was possible for a graphic novel centered on a zombie to be light and fluffy, but this one somehow manages to be just that while introducing an enjoyable core group of characters and setting up story to last for multiple volumes. Gwen's situation is certainly different from anything I've seen or read before and I can see why someone would snap this up to develop for TV.
canadianbookaddict's review against another edition
4.0
I very much enjoyed this graphic novel and I can't wait to get my hands on volume 2
sangd's review against another edition
4.0
For all fans of the TV series, I warn you it's very different. It was still very good, I like the drawings. I'm not very good in English, but it was still very easy to read. I can't wait to read the next book.
Pour tout les fans de la série télévisé, je vous avertis c'est très différent. C'était tout de même très bon, j'aime bien les dessins. Je ne suis pas très bonne en anglais, mais c'était quand même très facile à lire. J'ai hâte de lire le prochain tome.
Pour tout les fans de la série télévisé, je vous avertis c'est très différent. C'était tout de même très bon, j'aime bien les dessins. Je ne suis pas très bonne en anglais, mais c'était quand même très facile à lire. J'ai hâte de lire le prochain tome.
jexjthomas's review against another edition
3.0
This is okay. I like Allred's art and the story is interesting enough, just feels like it's missing personality.
quetzelish's review against another edition
4.0
This volume introduces us to Gwen, a zombie, and her various undead friends (ghosts, werewolves, mummies, etc). While good ideas are rampant throughout the volume, the writing is a bit uneven at times. Some of the dialogue feels very unnatural and the pacing between panels speeds up and slows down oddly. A great start to a great idea but certainly one with some flaws.
alibi313's review against another edition
4.0
Fun read! As the television series is drawing to a close, I finally thought to pick up the source material. Glad I did, as other than the general premise (girl as zombie), the plot is almost completely different.
robinreads_'s review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
3.0
menniemenace's review against another edition
4.0
There is almost no resemblance to the TV series, not even the name of the main character. I love Liv Moore, and I'm starting to warm up to Gwen Dylan.
There are so many supernatural creatures in the comics which is really good even though I liked the human characters in the show.
There are so many supernatural creatures in the comics which is really good even though I liked the human characters in the show.