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posies23's review against another edition
4.0
This is an interesting continuation of Moore's LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN books, focusing on the daughter of Captain Nemo, and filling in some of the gaps from the CENTURY series.
As always, there are a TON of cultural and literary references, and it sometimes feels like maybe the author and illustrator are having a lot more fun than the reader. This one wasn't quite as dense as some of the CENTURY volumes, though, and it has a nice Lovecraftian twist to it that made me like it more than CENTURY.
True Confessions: I bought this for considerably less than cover price during one of TOP SHELF's annual sales. I may have felt differently about it if I paid the whole cover price.
As always, there are a TON of cultural and literary references, and it sometimes feels like maybe the author and illustrator are having a lot more fun than the reader. This one wasn't quite as dense as some of the CENTURY volumes, though, and it has a nice Lovecraftian twist to it that made me like it more than CENTURY.
True Confessions: I bought this for considerably less than cover price during one of TOP SHELF's annual sales. I may have felt differently about it if I paid the whole cover price.
chemwitch's review against another edition
2.0
Why do I always think that I will like Lovecraftian books? What is wrong with me? ... Maybe that's a question for another time.
This book was pretty. This book had a good setup. The last 2/3 of this book was complete nonsense to me. I have no idea what happened.
This book was pretty. This book had a good setup. The last 2/3 of this book was complete nonsense to me. I have no idea what happened.
paulh1's review against another edition
5.0
Outstanding! Been on my shelf for years, hopefully the rest of the Nemo trilogy are as spectacular. Was apprehensive of this late offshoot of the League but it definitely lives up to those tales. Kevin O’Neill’s artwork on the mountains of madness was perfect, some of his best. Maybe too short but a great rollicking, thought provoking read nonetheless.
dantastic's review against another edition
4.0
In order to prove herself better than her father, Janni Nemo takes the Nautilus to an unknown site in Antarctica, a place that left her father a gibbering wreck...
So yeah. Going to Antarctica in the 1920s is a bad idea, whether you have Tom Swift on your tale courtesy of Charles Foster Kane or not. I'm not going to spoil what Nemo runs into there but pulp readers will already suspect.
This was a fun little morsel. Of all the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen books I've read so far, Kevin O'Neil's art worked best on this one. Alan Moore is Alan Moore, as always.
So yeah. Going to Antarctica in the 1920s is a bad idea, whether you have Tom Swift on your tale courtesy of Charles Foster Kane or not. I'm not going to spoil what Nemo runs into there but pulp readers will already suspect.
This was a fun little morsel. Of all the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen books I've read so far, Kevin O'Neil's art worked best on this one. Alan Moore is Alan Moore, as always.
reickel's review against another edition
2.0
Bizarrely short.
That is my main takeaway from this book. It felt strangely rushed throughout, with no care taken in developing interest in the characters, nor their motivations. Considering this was released as a standalone and complete story, and didn't have any sort of serialized publishing, it could've been any length, and more pages were clearly needed.
The lack of interest written into the characters was compounded by boring character design on the visual front. I couldn't care to keep track of which characters were which--and frequently had trouble separating the lead posse from the chasing posse.
That is my main takeaway from this book. It felt strangely rushed throughout, with no care taken in developing interest in the characters, nor their motivations. Considering this was released as a standalone and complete story, and didn't have any sort of serialized publishing, it could've been any length, and more pages were clearly needed.
The lack of interest written into the characters was compounded by boring character design on the visual front. I couldn't care to keep track of which characters were which--and frequently had trouble separating the lead posse from the chasing posse.
ppetropoulakis's review against another edition
3.0
Cross-over of LOEG and the Mountains of Madness by HP Lovecraft. Captain Nemo's daughter is the protagonist and she is put against an ancient evil. This volume is mildly entertaining, mostly because of the art but kind of Cliche in it's storyline.
scheu's review against another edition
4.0
League-of-Extraordinary-Gentlemen-light, but I don't think it was meant to be as dense as the other volumes.
mattycakesbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Meh. I'm probably not familiar enough with HP Lovecraft to appreciate this one, and I got virtually none of the other references, which is half the fun of this series. Still not great, though.