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Death of X by Charles Soule, Jeff Lemire, Aaron Kuder

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joaco1010's review

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

lynzeeevelyn's review

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

gayledayle's review

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3.75

I’m going to be honest, the only reason this gets so high of a rating is because

I enjoy Emma Frost completely losing her shit after Scott died.

I often feel like some of these comics where they want the heroes to fight other heroes leave the writer with the task of trying to make two otherwise sensible groups who all know they would be better off working together turn on each other. I did a lot of eye-rolling while reading this. Also, the "twist" was super obvious.
Having said that, I don't necessarily feel that Emma was out of character (for a change! What even is IN character for her anymore? After Bendis warped her so badly, who can tell?). She has a lot of survivour's guilt that she's never dealt with, some self-loathing, and Scott has long been the only one who treated her like a human being. So yeah. I buy it. I think the premise of IvX is stupid and I wish the whole lead up was different, which would make Death of X unnecessary, but as for the actual events, I buy it.
Hate most of the art, though.

ashlightgrayson's review

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adventurous dark slow-paced

3.0

The story follows the origins of the conflict between the X-Men and the Inhumans. The X-men discover that the Terrigen Cloud is killing mutants and suspect the Inhumans may have withheld this information. There were a lot of strings being pulled simultaneously by different groups of characters, but by the end it is clear that not all is as it seems. I appreciated that Storm and Medusa initially tried to find a way to make amends despite the death of allies on both sides of the conflict. Unfortunately, the sanity of one of our characters is in question by the end and their actions lead to dire consequences that surely promise to escalate the conflict in the future. The premise of the story is pretty bare bones, but the plot twist at the end helped it be more interesting for me by the end. I plan on following up on this event to see what the conclusion is. Not the best prologue for an event I've read, but it's decent.

antsneversleep's review

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2.0

I’m so over the Inhumans storyline and a lot of the art in this was terrible.

miamollekin's review

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dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

etienne02's review

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2.0

I know it's not over yet, but after reading three out of four, I have lost all interest in this series. Big title, but in fact not much to deliver. Slow story, illustrations that look a little childish to me, not really my style and just a feeling of... well... I give two because who know how it will end, but I sure will never because I'm ending it right here!