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ogreart's review
3.0
More like a 3.5. It starts out very confusingly. This put me about where the main characters were--pretty much completely unsure of what was going on. The premise is interesting. It was a bit out there, hut I want to see where the writers take this in the next volume.
crookedtreehouse's review
4.0
Post apocalyptic stories where America has fallen under its own hubris seem less and less like speculative fiction, and more and more like prophetic writing every day now.
This is a very good take on the trope of a group of survivors questing through post-future war America. Many travelling for their own reasons which may be in direct conflict with the goals of other people in their troupe.
It has some Mad Max/surreal angles, but otherwise its start isn't too dissimilar from [b:DMZ, Vol. 1: On the Ground|158683|DMZ, Vol. 1 On the Ground|Brian Wood|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347378955l/158683._SY75_.jpg|153159] .
I thought the dialogue, the pacing, the world building, and the characters were really good. I'm not always a Charles Soule fan, and Snyder is good but mostly writes from the same angle. But I think their partnership here has driven both of them to be better, as I like this quite a bit more than either of their recent solo output.
I recommend this to fans of the aforementioned DMZ, people interested in post-America apocalypse tales, and anyone who likes a good non-superhero team book where the characters are believable but not necessarily compatible.
This is a very good take on the trope of a group of survivors questing through post-future war America. Many travelling for their own reasons which may be in direct conflict with the goals of other people in their troupe.
It has some Mad Max/surreal angles, but otherwise its start isn't too dissimilar from [b:DMZ, Vol. 1: On the Ground|158683|DMZ, Vol. 1 On the Ground|Brian Wood|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347378955l/158683._SY75_.jpg|153159] .
I thought the dialogue, the pacing, the world building, and the characters were really good. I'm not always a Charles Soule fan, and Snyder is good but mostly writes from the same angle. But I think their partnership here has driven both of them to be better, as I like this quite a bit more than either of their recent solo output.
I recommend this to fans of the aforementioned DMZ, people interested in post-America apocalypse tales, and anyone who likes a good non-superhero team book where the characters are believable but not necessarily compatible.
mohan_vee's review
4.0
Bizzare and captivating. This cautionary tale depicts a future America that has cut itself off from the world and gone made in the process. This is not a particularly deep work, but it is a fun romp with moderately decent character development and crazy tech hacks that Rube Goldberg would envy.
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