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geekwayne's review
3.0
'Shi #1: In the Beginning There Was Fury' by Zidrou with art by Jose Homs has pretty good art, but the story felt a bit scattered all over the place.
Two women meet in London in 1851. The Great Exhibition is going on. There are also seedy, dark things going on. Men meeting in secret to dress like native Americans. Perverted priests want to take advantage of women. A lone Japanese woman wants to grieve her dead child and bury it, but what happens to the child is sacrilege.
Evil men in power exploiting and degrading women is an okay theme, but when you draw lots of naked women in your comic, I feel like it is also exploiting and degrading. Yes, there are some nude men, but this doesn't seem to contradict the story as much.
Okay, rant over. The other problem I had was the story felt like there were a lot of pieces that were just coming together when the book ended. There is a framing story that takes place later in time, and it felt a bit tacked on. Perhaps future issues clarify things a bit more. The art is pretty good too.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Two women meet in London in 1851. The Great Exhibition is going on. There are also seedy, dark things going on. Men meeting in secret to dress like native Americans. Perverted priests want to take advantage of women. A lone Japanese woman wants to grieve her dead child and bury it, but what happens to the child is sacrilege.
Evil men in power exploiting and degrading women is an okay theme, but when you draw lots of naked women in your comic, I feel like it is also exploiting and degrading. Yes, there are some nude men, but this doesn't seem to contradict the story as much.
Okay, rant over. The other problem I had was the story felt like there were a lot of pieces that were just coming together when the book ended. There is a framing story that takes place later in time, and it felt a bit tacked on. Perhaps future issues clarify things a bit more. The art is pretty good too.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
aylincoolcat's review against another edition
4.0
Ein rasant erzählter Comic mit toughen Frauenfiguren, einem spannenden Setting im viktorianischen England und dynamischen Zeichnungen. Ein toller Auftakt zu einer vielversprechenden Serie.
maloli's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Sexism, Grief, Rape, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Slavery
bushia's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
nerdydreamer107's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
2.25
rocketdea's review against another edition
4.0
Zidrou no es para todos los públicos y su guión descarnado no gustará a muchos, pero a mí me fascina. El tándem con Homs como artista funciona de maravilla.
fushigimini's review against another edition
1.0
La Bd aurait pu être bien sans l'abondance de scène de cul inutiles.... Je ne comprend pas l'intérêt de mettre du sexe trash pour rendre une histoire plus sombre et adulte
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aelurus's review against another edition
5.0
Magnifique découverte autant sur le plan visuel qu’au niveau de la richesse de l’histoire.
Deux femmes de cultures différentes mais unies par une soif de vengeance vont faire trembler l’Angleterre.
Ce premier tome pose les bases d’une histoire qui promet d’être inoubliable.
https://letmentertainyou.com/2020/06/25/shi-t-1-au-commencement-etait-la-colere/
Deux femmes de cultures différentes mais unies par une soif de vengeance vont faire trembler l’Angleterre.
Ce premier tome pose les bases d’une histoire qui promet d’être inoubliable.
https://letmentertainyou.com/2020/06/25/shi-t-1-au-commencement-etait-la-colere/
amenir's review against another edition
4.0
Un univers malsain mais très prenant. Les personnages principaux sont intrigants et on ne peut s'empêcher de vouloir leur réussite.
jinrhee's review against another edition
4.0
A bold graphic novel with beautiful artwork that definitely got my attention from the get-go! There was something so real and hideous in the atmosphere this novel's created. One being the story itself, dealing with feminism and seing women and foreigners mistreated by men, the other being the style of this artwork. There were some facial expressions in this book that I will never forget.
After a rather confusing storyline, where we jump from one place to the other, it all came together at the end. It made me very curious to know what happens next!
After a rather confusing storyline, where we jump from one place to the other, it all came together at the end. It made me very curious to know what happens next!