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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
Wow! This was excellent. The writing was great with a thrilling story and plenty of cliffhangers. The art is okay, sometimes it’s better than others and the transcripts at first felt kind of lazy. There’s a couple of other aspects that I don’t like that’s more of a personal thing but I don’t want to spoil it but really good and am looking forward to the next volume
More like 3.5 rounded up because I like where it’s going and I’m intrigued even if the beginning dragged for me
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A great work of cosmic horror, with a real focus on relatable and three-dimensional character writing. The story structure is unconvensional and I found it difficult to wrap my head around the ending for a while, but I highly recommend it.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
We're definitely in the middle of an apocalyptic lit trend, which isn't surprising as it's hard to check the damn weather without considering the world ending in my daughter's life time. In the last year alone, I've read a couple of new books that explore apocalypse through upperclass neoliberal perspectives (A Children's Bible, Leave the World Behind). I appreciate the shared themes of exploring the world we already live in (disparity, lack of fairness, need to downplay personal culpability, crumbling capitalism, climate doom, lack of control) through apocalyptic storytelling, I just don't understand why these stories seem to be so embarrassed of the fact that they're speculative fiction- relegating anything fantastic or mysterious to cleanly edited sentences there at the end of chapters to simply move the plot along (of course, that’s a lie- any genre fiction fan understands the bias against genre fiction, the relegation to “lowbrow”- this embarrassment by those considered “legitimate” artists is nothing new). Thank god for comics, an art form that’s rarely given the option to fall into pretense. Tynion surprised me here by making another one of these stories not just bearable, but impulsively readable. It's full on sci-fi- stuffed with mysteries, puzzles, and melting faces, but this playfulness creates so much room for thematic storytelling. The questioning of culpability, reliability of memory and narrative, and fishbowl look at survivors in the midst of the unspeakable all have deep resonance here, and are all the stronger because of the fantasy elements, told with incredible balance and pacing. Tyrion just keeps getting better; he's becoming one of my favorite active creators- having this and Dept of Truth hit shelves at the same time is really impressive.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wasn’t sure I was going to like this at first since I tend to go for graphic novels and comics with fewer or less dense text (personal preference). Nice House on the Lake surprised me though. I was pulled in by the storytelling and horror elements. Wasn’t even bothered by the text!
I like that we’re getting a look at each character and how they’re tied to Walter. Speaking of Walter, I love his design. Gave me shivers the first time he revealed his appearance
I like that we’re getting a look at each character and how they’re tied to Walter. Speaking of Walter, I love his design. Gave me shivers the first time he revealed his appearance