Reviews

Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria - The Bright Queen (collected volume) by CoupleOfKooks, Ariana Maher, Darcy Van Poelgeest, Matthew Mercer, Cris Peter

pinkbeca's review

dark emotional sad

5.0

nonesensed's review

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

If you, like me, are really into the lore of the actual play show Critical Role, this is the comic for you! It reveals a lot about the Bright Queen and the current state of affairs in both her personal and political life.

If you don't know what Critical Role is, this is not the comic for you. Not that I'm going to stop you from picking it up if you're curious. Just be prepared for an utter lack of context if you do. 

rileyreviews's review

4.0

Cool to learn more about the world of critical role. I look forward to reading more in future.

marlandreads's review

emotional inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

jenni3penny's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

shea_proulx's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

bellemb's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

ness's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.25

readwithmeemz's review

3.0

This is a really compelling concept, but unfortunately, it is a bit confusing (or at least was for me, especially at the start). I have a very minimal knowledge of Critical Role’s second campaign, and I do think more knowledge would have helped, but wasn’t mandatory. You can still find this dark and conceptual story of star-crossed lovers compelling without the context of Critical Role. I love the concept, but the execution still felt a bit confusing and cluttered to me, so my rating is a bit lower, as it took me a while to really get into the story, and just let myself enjoy it (as opposed to trying to figure out what was happening).

shea_proulx's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5