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jarichan's review against another edition
4.0
Wow, diese Mädels haben's drauf! Aber um in der Warhammer-Welt überleben zu können, ist das wohl auch eine Voraussetzung ;)
Toll fand ich auch die Beschreibung der Beziehung von Jarene, die ihre Handlungen motiviert und erklärt. Es ist toll, dass immer mehr LGBTQ-Charaktere geschrieben werden, ohne dass ihre Sexualität spezifisch erklärt werden muss. Es ist nun einfach so - was muss man da noch weiter ausführen?
Ansonsten bietet Mike Brooks erstklassige Necromunda-Unterhaltung mit allem, was dazugehört. Grosse Waffen, blutige Gefechte und Kickass-Mädels. Hell yeah!
Toll fand ich auch die Beschreibung der Beziehung von Jarene, die ihre Handlungen motiviert und erklärt. Es ist toll, dass immer mehr LGBTQ-Charaktere geschrieben werden, ohne dass ihre Sexualität spezifisch erklärt werden muss. Es ist nun einfach so - was muss man da noch weiter ausführen?
Ansonsten bietet Mike Brooks erstklassige Necromunda-Unterhaltung mit allem, was dazugehört. Grosse Waffen, blutige Gefechte und Kickass-Mädels. Hell yeah!
copperbeardtom's review
4.0
An enjoyable, quick read.
The action is visceral and the story is engaging. The ending is mediocre.
Overall a decent slice-of-ganger-life in the Necromunda world.
The action is visceral and the story is engaging. The ending is mediocre.
Overall a decent slice-of-ganger-life in the Necromunda world.
trackofwords's review
4.0
This tells the story of Jarene, a hardened Escher ganger and member of the Wild Cats gang, who finds herself in a tight spot when an ambush goes awry. Life in the underhive is tough at the best of times, but when the Wild Cats find wind up outlawed, hunted and on the run, Jarene has to dig deep and make some difficult decisions if she’s to survive, and protect those she loves the most.
An all-female cast of protagonists lends the story a genuinely fresh feel, enhanced by Brooks’ smart exploration of how an entirely female House would think and operate. That means praying to the Empress (because why would they identify with a male god?) and loving other women – with potentially the first lesbian protagonist in a Black Library book – for example, concepts which in Brooks’ capable hands feel entirely appropriate to the characters. Add to all of that a plot which is pacy and exciting (try to avoid the synopsis on the back of the book, which is SPOILERIFIC) with diversions and drama aplenty, and carefully-measured lashings of edge-of-the-seat action, and you’ve got a recipe for a compelling story.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/12/22/wanted-dead-mike-brooks/
An all-female cast of protagonists lends the story a genuinely fresh feel, enhanced by Brooks’ smart exploration of how an entirely female House would think and operate. That means praying to the Empress (because why would they identify with a male god?) and loving other women – with potentially the first lesbian protagonist in a Black Library book – for example, concepts which in Brooks’ capable hands feel entirely appropriate to the characters. Add to all of that a plot which is pacy and exciting (try to avoid the synopsis on the back of the book, which is SPOILERIFIC) with diversions and drama aplenty, and carefully-measured lashings of edge-of-the-seat action, and you’ve got a recipe for a compelling story.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/12/22/wanted-dead-mike-brooks/
nooker's review
5.0
Wanted: Dead is my favorite Necromunda novel and possibly in the top 10 favorite novels period. I like the main character, Jarene, a lot and she's cute with her girlfriend in way that seems real and doesn't make me want to gag or is salacious. It's also fucking brutal, which feels right for the Underhive. And speaking of the Underhive, this is the first novel that really talks about the anatomy of the Underhive that also really seems to understand it (ok there are others, but this one does so very well). Several of the novels obviously take place in the Underhive, but it's anatomy isn't a big part of the story so they only touch on it, which is fine. Others do talk about the anatomy of the hive, but get REALLY wrong, from putting the Ash Wastes solidly inside the hive, to making it some sort of hollowed out cone where you could see the sump from the spire. The only other book that did it well was Junktion, but I didn't really like that one (found the main character to be WAY too lackadaisical about the deaths occurring around him). Wanted: Dead takes in the new lore and rules, it even starts with a scenario. So, if you don't like the new rules, you won't like this, but I think the new take on Eschers are pretty cool as the old lore was basically, look: girl gang! (I do know it was more than that, but not a whole lot more) The characters feel real, gang feels real, the hive feels real. The twist at the end was a lot of fun too. It is awesome!
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