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aksel_dadswell's review against another edition
1.0
Christ, it's finally over. Unfortunately the ending didn't redeem this steaming turd of a series - if anything, it fizzled out with even less gusto than the rest of the story, solving everyone's problems with a literal fucking deus ex machina and all the drippy, sentimental tropes you could possibly think of.
Jang's art continued to be bright and evocative and engaging, and essentially the only thing that kept me reading to the end. Otherwise, this has got to be one of the most disappointing graphic novel series I've ever read. With its premise and the people involved, it should have been something so much more, a deep, violent meditation on the nature of religion and gods and creation. It should have been batshit crazy, and pitch black, and also just FUN. Unfortunately it was none of those things.
What a wasted opportunity.
Jang's art continued to be bright and evocative and engaging, and essentially the only thing that kept me reading to the end. Otherwise, this has got to be one of the most disappointing graphic novel series I've ever read. With its premise and the people involved, it should have been something so much more, a deep, violent meditation on the nature of religion and gods and creation. It should have been batshit crazy, and pitch black, and also just FUN. Unfortunately it was none of those things.
What a wasted opportunity.
strikingthirteen's review
3.0
I'm not sure whether I just wanted it to be longer or maybe I just didn't enjoy the ending as much as I was hoping to when I learned this was the end. There's a lot of impressive and gorgeous and colourful art in the final fight of this series but I think the ending I just found too conventional overall. No one is scot free but still.
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