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dunfermlinereads's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
nathanaeljs's review
4.0
This series has been my first real foray into Marvel's UK-based characters and I'm definitely interested in seeing more of them. The first two volumes suffered a bit from being set in the middle of an Event and then being the scene-setting middle volume, but this was a really solid wrap-up to the storyline. Some twists, some Doom-dickery,and a batshit crazy vampire invasion plan involving Dracula's moonbase. It's a shame the series ended here; I think it was really gelling into a solid title.
nwhyte's review
2.0
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1435061.html
I found this quite difficult to get into. I'm not familiar with Captain Britain as a character, and the two-paragraph synopsis was not sufficient for me to get the characters sorted out in my mind. So I spent some time wondering who I was meant to care about in the story. (And who was the rather cute woman who apparently gets torn in half on page 31, never to be mentioned again?)
Apart from that (fairly major) gripe, I did like the two main elements of the plot - the story of Captain Britain and his friends using cunning subterfuge to defeat a planned invasion of vampires from space led by Dracula, and the escape of our hero's wife from Hell. Also I fundamentally approve of Cornell's rewriting of Britishness as an inclusive project - here the vampires are the bigots obsessed with religious purity. And the artwork is rather gorgeous.
I found this quite difficult to get into. I'm not familiar with Captain Britain as a character, and the two-paragraph synopsis was not sufficient for me to get the characters sorted out in my mind. So I spent some time wondering who I was meant to care about in the story. (And who was the rather cute woman who apparently gets torn in half on page 31, never to be mentioned again?)
Apart from that (fairly major) gripe, I did like the two main elements of the plot - the story of Captain Britain and his friends using cunning subterfuge to defeat a planned invasion of vampires from space led by Dracula, and the escape of our hero's wife from Hell. Also I fundamentally approve of Cornell's rewriting of Britishness as an inclusive project - here the vampires are the bigots obsessed with religious purity. And the artwork is rather gorgeous.
lillian_francis's review
2.0
Huh. Well that was disappointing.
First I was confused, so many characters and I didn't really know any of them (except Blade and that's only from the films). And we don't spend enough time with them to learn anything about them. The focus is all on the vampires.
So, I paused and read the wiki page on Captain Britain (which at least explained why there appeared to be two of them).
Then everything kicked off and it got quite exciting, except we stop mid action for a mind numbingly boring issue on Meggan (Cap Britain's formerly dead (?) wife) and something to do with hell. Which is followed by a cricket match that I found amusing for the cricket stuff but CB kept thinking of wife which dragged it down to boredom level again. Plus I couldn't work out when this match was taking place, did they pause in the middle of a vampire invasion to play cricket? I don't think so but who knows, not me!
Favourite characters: the crusader and the Muslim - Dane, The Black Knight, and Dr Faiza Hussain, his steward. Pleased to see a positive portrayal of a British Muslim woman in a hijab.
First I was confused, so many characters and I didn't really know any of them (except Blade and that's only from the films). And we don't spend enough time with them to learn anything about them. The focus is all on the vampires.
So, I paused and read the wiki page on Captain Britain (which at least explained why there appeared to be two of them).
Then everything kicked off and it got quite exciting, except we stop mid action for a mind numbingly boring issue on Meggan (Cap Britain's formerly dead (?) wife) and something to do with hell. Which is followed by a cricket match that I found amusing for the cricket stuff but CB kept thinking of wife which dragged it down to boredom level again. Plus I couldn't work out when this match was taking place, did they pause in the middle of a vampire invasion to play cricket? I don't think so but who knows, not me!
Favourite characters: the crusader and the Muslim - Dane, The Black Knight, and Dr Faiza Hussain, his steward. Pleased to see a positive portrayal of a British Muslim woman in a hijab.
booknooknoggin's review
3.0
Love Captain Britain, but this story was just okay. Thought with Dracula it would have been more exciting.
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