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jmkillackey's review against another edition
4.0
Considering how piecemeal the single issues were released, it's a miracle that they all made coherent sense to begin with. Publication hell is so real with this one, I felt so bad for B Dave and Tess. Anyways, it's a strong premise and starts really strong, but it sort of became difficult to follow w the months long gaps between issues and the vague allusions to Something that isn't clarified until the last two pages of issue four and then the last two pages of issue five, then it ends rather abruptly and I'm sitting and longing for that middle meat that was kind of jumped over entirely. Hoping the dnd real play makes up for some of that. I also need to reread the entire series again to see if it makes things any clearer w all as well.
ppetropoulakis's review against another edition
3.0
The series moves to a new adventuring party that is much more diverse and modern than the previous installments. Interestingly, they start their adventures at the Moonshae islands which are as old as the forgotten realms literature. The story is a new, interesting, millennial take on classic adventuring themes.
thecesspit's review against another edition
3.0
Mostly for the art. The story didn't grab me, and was both too epic and too mundane at the same time.
evanlyn's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
judd's review against another edition
4.0
Great art and a cool D&D story.
Check it out.
More of a review to come when I re-read it...
Check it out.
More of a review to come when I re-read it...
beorn_101's review against another edition
2.0
I really wanted to like this GN. The various D&D worlds have a lot going for it, and the artstyle was strong.
I enjoyed the core concept of finding belonging in an adventuring family, but the story itself was all over the place. It could have worked, but jumping from past to present, to future, without explaining much of anything, created characters that I barely knew, and didn't care about.
I saw the group come together, then split apart, but I didn't know why, and more importantly since I didn't really know the characters I didn't care.
At its core, I think there is something decent in this graphic novel, but its too choppy to create any real attachment.
I enjoyed the core concept of finding belonging in an adventuring family, but the story itself was all over the place. It could have worked, but jumping from past to present, to future, without explaining much of anything, created characters that I barely knew, and didn't care about.
I saw the group come together, then split apart, but I didn't know why, and more importantly since I didn't really know the characters I didn't care.
At its core, I think there is something decent in this graphic novel, but its too choppy to create any real attachment.
simplyallytea's review against another edition
2.0
2.5
Plot was too jumpy for me to keep up. And some bits were way too confusing. Suddenly Aeiden is a pirate king? Big bad dragon appears and disappears. I was left with too many questions to truly enjoy the story.
Plot was too jumpy for me to keep up. And some bits were way too confusing. Suddenly Aeiden is a pirate king? Big bad dragon appears and disappears. I was left with too many questions to truly enjoy the story.
marissarosee's review against another edition
2.0
This could have been great. I liked the character concepts but I think this would have worked out better if it was told chronologically instead of bouncing between past and present. There just needed to be more to make everything that happened in the end more impactful.
ruzgofdi's review
3.0
A very good start.
We begin, as most things Dungeons and Dragons do, with the gathering of a party. And as seems typical of Dungeons and Dragons parties, the character we bring to the table is the one we know the most about. In this case it's Helene, a human spell caster of some sort ( I want to say a Divine Soul Sorcerer). We meet her as she is leaving home to become an adventurer and we get a little insight into her life at home. The rest of the party are introduced as we go along, but not with any real in depth background info. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's just the first issue, and it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for total strangers to go into long monologues about their history. And it really works for some characters like Solvigant, who is just as mysterious to the cast as to the reader. But it causes concerns in connection with the book ends of the issue and how long this series is set to run. My understanding is that this is a limited series and not an ongoing title. So I'm very hopeful that they're going to have enough issues to get the setups done for the payoffs later.
The art is very well done. I rather enjoy some of the establishing shots of locations and crowded environments.
I am quite looking forward to issue 2 to see where things go from here.
We begin, as most things Dungeons and Dragons do, with the gathering of a party. And as seems typical of Dungeons and Dragons parties, the character we bring to the table is the one we know the most about. In this case it's Helene, a human spell caster of some sort ( I want to say a Divine Soul Sorcerer). We meet her as she is leaving home to become an adventurer and we get a little insight into her life at home. The rest of the party are introduced as we go along, but not with any real in depth background info. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's just the first issue, and it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for total strangers to go into long monologues about their history. And it really works for some characters like Solvigant, who is just as mysterious to the cast as to the reader. But it causes concerns in connection with the book ends of the issue and how long this series is set to run. My understanding is that this is a limited series and not an ongoing title. So I'm very hopeful that they're going to have enough issues to get the setups done for the payoffs later.
The art is very well done. I rather enjoy some of the establishing shots of locations and crowded environments.
I am quite looking forward to issue 2 to see where things go from here.
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