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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
<b>3.0 Stars</b> Volume 1 collects issues #1-6 of the comic which ran as a 12-issue limited series. This won the 2022 Eisner Award for Best New Series which is usually a good indicator of a worth while read. I'm a fan of James Tynion's other series <i>Something is Killing the Children</i> so I was really looking forward to checking this out.
I had no idea what the plot was and I'm glad I didn't because this story is wild. The author is taking big swings with the story and volume 1 sets up a lot of interesting ideas but it's still only the first half of the story. At this point the story could still go either way for me.
It's a new twist on a familiar premise: A group of people are invited to spend a week at a huge estate by their mutual friend/acquaintance. Not all is as it seems. I expected this to be a murder mystery or a ghost story. It wasn't. It completely subverted my expectations with something new and different, but still claustrophobic and unsettling.
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My biggest issue so far is that for a 12 issue series there are a lot of characters being juggled. Immediately there are 11 characters introduced. Each issue seems to tackle the story from a different perspective so I'm slowly getting to know who these people are but keeping them straight has been challenging.
<img src = "https://i.imgur.com/kStEbYj.png">
I had no idea what the plot was and I'm glad I didn't because this story is wild. The author is taking big swings with the story and volume 1 sets up a lot of interesting ideas but it's still only the first half of the story. At this point the story could still go either way for me.
It's a new twist on a familiar premise: A group of people are invited to spend a week at a huge estate by their mutual friend/acquaintance. Not all is as it seems. I expected this to be a murder mystery or a ghost story. It wasn't. It completely subverted my expectations with something new and different, but still claustrophobic and unsettling.
<img src = "https://i.imgur.com/7Jqmkd3.png">
My biggest issue so far is that for a 12 issue series there are a lot of characters being juggled. Immediately there are 11 characters introduced. Each issue seems to tackle the story from a different perspective so I'm slowly getting to know who these people are but keeping them straight has been challenging.
<img src = "https://i.imgur.com/kStEbYj.png">
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3.0 Stars Volume 1 collects issues #1-6 of the comic which ran as a 12-issue limited series. This won the 2022 Eisner Award for Best New Series which is usually a good indicator of a worth while read. I'm a fan of James Tynion's other series Something is Killing the Children so I was really looking forward to checking this out.
I had no idea what the plot was and I'm glad I didn't because this story is wild. The author is taking big swings with the story and volume 1 sets up a lot of interesting ideas but it's still only the first half of the story. At this point the story could still go either way for me.
It's a new twist on a familiar premise: A group of people are invited to spend a week at a huge estate by their mutual friend/acquaintance. Not all is as it seems. I expected this to be a murder mystery or a ghost story. It wasn't. It completely subverted my expectations with something new and different, but still claustrophobic and unsettling.
My biggest issue so far is that for a 12 issue series there are a lot of characters being juggled. Immediately there are 11 characters introduced. Each issue seems to tackle the story from a different perspective so I'm slowly getting to know who these people are but keeping them straight has been challenging.
I had no idea what the plot was and I'm glad I didn't because this story is wild. The author is taking big swings with the story and volume 1 sets up a lot of interesting ideas but it's still only the first half of the story. At this point the story could still go either way for me.
It's a new twist on a familiar premise: A group of people are invited to spend a week at a huge estate by their mutual friend/acquaintance. Not all is as it seems. I expected this to be a murder mystery or a ghost story. It wasn't. It completely subverted my expectations with something new and different, but still claustrophobic and unsettling.
My biggest issue so far is that for a 12 issue series there are a lot of characters being juggled. Immediately there are 11 characters introduced. Each issue seems to tackle the story from a different perspective so I'm slowly getting to know who these people are but keeping them straight has been challenging.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This could potentially be a modern horror classic GN if we’re being real - me, when I eat every DC black label up like it’s a 5 star meal. Mwah.
The art style is lovely and the concept is interesting. I love that it’s a lot of queer characters. I’m so bad at describing how I feel about things but!! It’s honestly a graphic novel I would rec to ppl interested in getting into graphic novels who like horreur + lgbt especially since this is a DC comic (non canon to the main comics obvi) and there’s only like a one sentence mention of superman + plus a username that’s timkon4lyfe mmmm killed me.
The art style is lovely and the concept is interesting. I love that it’s a lot of queer characters. I’m so bad at describing how I feel about things but!! It’s honestly a graphic novel I would rec to ppl interested in getting into graphic novels who like horreur + lgbt especially since this is a DC comic (non canon to the main comics obvi) and there’s only like a one sentence mention of superman + plus a username that’s timkon4lyfe mmmm killed me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Deadnaming, Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Gore, Violence
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
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:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-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