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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
The Whisperers are coming... And they hide among the dead!
Just a few years after the war with Negan, a new threat arises. And this time, it isn't just a group led by a murderous leader with a lot of weapons.
This time, the threat hides among the dead, and wears their face!
I'll admit, their idea of hiding between the dead is brilliant. But what the hell is their problem? So far, the people they encountered didn't do anything wrong. Accusing them of killing your friends? What did you expect? You look like a damn Walker, so of course people will get confused and kill you as well!
This volume mostly focuses on Carl. It shows us a Carl who doesn't take sh*t from anyone. Certainly not from people who threaten Sophia! He sure becomes a real lady killer...
Of course, the story tells us more about the dreaded 'Whisperers'.
Something tells me, this is going to end in a brutal fight just like always. I only hope this new threat will give us some suprises. I don't ask them to bash someone's head or cut off limbs of a certain protagonist... I just want them to do something suprising like every other villain did before them.
And where the hell is Michonne? Come on, guys... Give me back my sword-wielding badass!
Just a few years after the war with Negan, a new threat arises. And this time, it isn't just a group led by a murderous leader with a lot of weapons.
This time, the threat hides among the dead, and wears their face!
I'll admit, their idea of hiding between the dead is brilliant. But what the hell is their problem? So far, the people they encountered didn't do anything wrong. Accusing them of killing your friends? What did you expect? You look like a damn Walker, so of course people will get confused and kill you as well!
This volume mostly focuses on Carl. It shows us a Carl who doesn't take sh*t from anyone. Certainly not from people who threaten Sophia! He sure becomes a real lady killer...
Of course, the story tells us more about the dreaded 'Whisperers'.
Something tells me, this is going to end in a brutal fight just like always. I only hope this new threat will give us some suprises. I don't ask them to bash someone's head or cut off limbs of a certain protagonist... I just want them to do something suprising like every other villain did before them.
And where the hell is Michonne? Come on, guys... Give me back my sword-wielding badass!
Probably shouldn't be eating lunch while I read this one.
So PlotTwist! ends up being not so exciting, though I'm imagining a set up of conflict with the end of this one. I could have lived without. This was the one I liked least so far. Also, the art is bad enough that it took me until this volume to realize that it's Jesus with the new man-bun. Why I didn't catch that one last volume is beyond me (other than this is my lunch time reading, and I'm not exactly super vested in the series, especially while people wander in and out of my office).
Anyway, internal conflicts ramping up (what's his face, Gregory? is annoying) while there's potential external conflict (thousands? of people wearing zombie skin suits hanging in zombie herds).
Oh, and gross boob juice jokes (milkshakes, really :/ ) while people are unnecessarily hitting on other people. Because this PA society/humanity is still the same ugly shitshow.
So PlotTwist! ends up being not so exciting, though I'm imagining a set up of conflict with the end of this one. I could have lived without
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endless violence at a girl that feels like it's going to turn into rape at some point, someone licking Carl's eyeball socket, Carl getting laid, and then Rape!Isn'tRape! because our "society" is beyond that talkAnyway, internal conflicts ramping up (what's his face, Gregory? is annoying) while there's potential external conflict (thousands? of people wearing zombie skin suits hanging in zombie herds).
Oh, and gross boob juice jokes (milkshakes, really :/ ) while people are unnecessarily hitting on other people. Because this PA society/humanity is still the same ugly shitshow.
The story revolves around Carl and Lydia's relationship after she is rescued from the Whisperers. The contrast of their ways of life becomes the theme of the story but also what will bring them closer at the end. Good characterization with a new twist on the themes of the series.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
How does he keep it so interesting for so long! I was expecting this one to end p in a darker place.
There's this part in the movie Medicine Man where Sean Connery says he had the cure for cancer, but he "lost" it. And when his colleague questions him, he says, "Haven't you ever lost anything, Dr. Bronx? Your purse? Your car keys? It's rather like that, now you have it, now you don't."
Which is pretty hilarious because, sure, I guess losing a cure for CANCER is pretty much the same as setting your keys somewhere and not remembering right away. That's pretty much the same thing. God knows I've misplaced my iPod before. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek8NmpVBssA)
I bring this up with The Walking Dead because I can't figure out why characters in this world EVER FUCKING TRUST EACH OTHER. Every time it turns bad.They always regret it. It works out once in a while, but for the most part, I think an ounce of caution seems to serve pretty well. I guess they just forget the way Sean Connery just forgot his cancer cure. You know, like how sometimes you forget to turn off the lights before you leave the house.
I won't go into details, but in this volume a new person shows up, and Carl has a sort of tantrum about how they lock her in a room for a while to make sure she's cool. And they let her out, providing that Carl keeps an eye on her. See what I did there? An eye? Because his eye got shot out?
Haha, nothing funnier than a kid who got shot in the eye, eh?
Anyway, I just don't get it. I don't get why everyone doesn't say, "Carl, remember how pretty much everyone is trying to kill us ALL THE TIME? Yeah, we're keeping this girl locked up. She's got food and water. She's fine. We just want to do A LITTLE work to see if she's an insane-o. Like, I don't know, maybe not give her all the secret info after she's been here three hours. Is that alright with you, teenage dude who is emotionally unstable?"
Walking Dead definitely does a lot of cool stuff, but I think one horror tradition that's wearing thin, I really hate how often I'm screaming into the book, embarrassing myself in a Barnes and Noble where I stand and read the books for free (which is why I feel so entitled to complain), because the characters just make so many bad choices. Like a lot of horror movie characters, the people in the Walking Dead make almost exclusively bad decisions. And not just decisions in the heat of a moment or something. Life choices. Or choices about where to stay or not stay. It's a frustrating trope in movies, but there's some way in which you can excuse it because, for the most part, when a lady is running away from a chainsaw dude in the forest, it's the first time this has happened to her. Not so much a common occurrence, I'm told. But in The Walking Dead, they've been surviving for years now. They've done all this stuff, and they've done it successfully enough to survive. They should know better.
Which is pretty hilarious because, sure, I guess losing a cure for CANCER is pretty much the same as setting your keys somewhere and not remembering right away. That's pretty much the same thing. God knows I've misplaced my iPod before. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek8NmpVBssA)
I bring this up with The Walking Dead because I can't figure out why characters in this world EVER FUCKING TRUST EACH OTHER. Every time it turns bad.They always regret it. It works out once in a while, but for the most part, I think an ounce of caution seems to serve pretty well. I guess they just forget the way Sean Connery just forgot his cancer cure. You know, like how sometimes you forget to turn off the lights before you leave the house.
I won't go into details, but in this volume a new person shows up, and Carl has a sort of tantrum about how they lock her in a room for a while to make sure she's cool. And they let her out, providing that Carl keeps an eye on her. See what I did there? An eye? Because his eye got shot out?
Haha, nothing funnier than a kid who got shot in the eye, eh?
Anyway, I just don't get it. I don't get why everyone doesn't say, "Carl, remember how pretty much everyone is trying to kill us ALL THE TIME? Yeah, we're keeping this girl locked up. She's got food and water. She's fine. We just want to do A LITTLE work to see if she's an insane-o. Like, I don't know, maybe not give her all the secret info after she's been here three hours. Is that alright with you, teenage dude who is emotionally unstable?"
Walking Dead definitely does a lot of cool stuff, but I think one horror tradition that's wearing thin, I really hate how often I'm screaming into the book, embarrassing myself in a Barnes and Noble where I stand and read the books for free (which is why I feel so entitled to complain), because the characters just make so many bad choices. Like a lot of horror movie characters, the people in the Walking Dead make almost exclusively bad decisions. And not just decisions in the heat of a moment or something. Life choices. Or choices about where to stay or not stay. It's a frustrating trope in movies, but there's some way in which you can excuse it because, for the most part, when a lady is running away from a chainsaw dude in the forest, it's the first time this has happened to her. Not so much a common occurrence, I'm told. But in The Walking Dead, they've been surviving for years now. They've done all this stuff, and they've done it successfully enough to survive. They should know better.
Yes, I admit, a couple volumes ago, I was ready to punt and call myself “done” with this series. Volume 22 had me intrigued again; this volume has me hooked again. Very excited to see where things head in the next edition.