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rbritt515's review
2.0
Interesting premise utterly ruined by incredibly insensitive depictions of suicide (the word coward was tossed around repeatedly) and implying that adoption/fostering is a less real bond that a relationship with birth parents.
teaandtales1's review
3.0
⭐⭐⭐1/2 - I bought a bunch of these issues for $1 each and finally got around to reading the first volume's worth today. I like space and I like mysteries, and I did enjoy this opening segment. Some of the characters are well-developed and others not-so-much. I think that trying to develop an entirely new world (the outpost) with all its rules, roles, and histories while also starting the mystery at the very beginning makes it a little hard to latch onto. However, the story provides enough of an interesting mystery and I already have the next 4 or 5 issues, so I will probably go back to them at some point.
grilledcheesesamurai's review
3.0
A young adult, sci-fi mystery that takes place on another planet, which, at times, feels almost like a slice of life...but isn't.
I don't know. I liked it though. So that's something.
*read in singles*
I don't know. I liked it though. So that's something.
*read in singles*
mohan_vee's review
4.0
Note this is the first volume of a tightly integrated trilogy. Do not read this book unless you plan to read the remaining two books.
This is a deep, slightly brooding example of life on the edge. The inhabitants of outpost zero are alone and isolated. The descendants of the original crew of a crashed colony ship they survive, even thrive, with no knowledge of the outside universe and a slowly degrading hold on the technology and environment that keeps them alive. While most of the outpost dwellers have turned inward and ignore the outside universe preferring to focus on everyday life and its challenges a few dig deeper into the bowls of the station and others explore the frozen wasteland the station is embedded in.
This work reads like a classic Sci Fi coming of age tale and is reminiscent of works by Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke and Pohl Anderson among others.
This is a deep, slightly brooding example of life on the edge. The inhabitants of outpost zero are alone and isolated. The descendants of the original crew of a crashed colony ship they survive, even thrive, with no knowledge of the outside universe and a slowly degrading hold on the technology and environment that keeps them alive. While most of the outpost dwellers have turned inward and ignore the outside universe preferring to focus on everyday life and its challenges a few dig deeper into the bowls of the station and others explore the frozen wasteland the station is embedded in.
This work reads like a classic Sci Fi coming of age tale and is reminiscent of works by Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke and Pohl Anderson among others.
epicemmy's review
4.0
I really do love this—knocking off a star because the mystery is only partially solved in this volume because most of chapter three is running in circles and there’s some pretty shitty reactions to suicide and adoptive-parents-aren’t-the-same-as-real-parents which is garbage. The worldbuilding and diversity are brilliant, and I think it’s going to be a big hit at my library.
booknooknoggin's review against another edition
2.0
Too slow with building suspense and not that interesting.
themaliciousreader's review against another edition
3.0
I was provided an ARC by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
This is usually the part where I write a small summary of the book. But I don't know how right now...
I guess the plot felt a bit messy to me and it took me a long time to grasp how the world worked and honestly I'm still not sure I got it. To me, that meant that I had trouble getting into the story.
Sure, the characters were pretty interesting but since I didn't really get their world, I had trouble getting them. I also didn't love the main character, Alea, and was much more interested by her friend, Lyss, and Sam.
I really liked the art though and the plot was interesting once I got into the story.
I'll probably check out the second volume.
This is usually the part where I write a small summary of the book. But I don't know how right now...
I guess the plot felt a bit messy to me and it took me a long time to grasp how the world worked and honestly I'm still not sure I got it. To me, that meant that I had trouble getting into the story.
Sure, the characters were pretty interesting but since I didn't really get their world, I had trouble getting them. I also didn't love the main character, Alea, and was much more interested by her friend, Lyss, and Sam.
I really liked the art though and the plot was interesting once I got into the story.
I'll probably check out the second volume.
bookwormmichelle's review against another edition
4.0
I really did like this, except for being rather puzzled and feeling like I missed something in the plot, and I reread several pages several times, but I still have no idea, really, what happened and why. Don't want to spoil anyone's enjoyment of the book.
ruthsic's review against another edition
4.0
Warnings: suicidal ideation
Outpost Zero is a mystery set in a science fiction novel - that is the simplest way to describe it. It tells of a small colony of humans residing in a biome on an icy planet, and their way of life is sustained by maintaining it close to Earth conditions (so don't go expecting a futuristic city here), and pretending to ignore what is outside. However, they have a Discovery Team, whose job is to explore the region outside the biome, and Alea's parents are on it. She herself wants to join it, and hopes to go forth into uncharted territory, quite opposite in dreams to her best friend, who belongs to the faction of people who think that opening the airlock is a security risk. That is an ideological issue for the colony's residents, as they figure out how to survive during a Cell (a storm-like thing that dumped tonnes of ice on their biome, essentially trapping them) and how best to calm its citizens. The mystery arrives somewhere halfway, as a breach challenges Alea to find out the truth, as well as hints about the origin of the colony strewn about through another character POV. The artwork is pretty good, full color and rendered quite well, but these is a problem with the progression of scenes. Additionally, it is very confusing in its setting and doesn't lend itself to explaining much, expecting the reader to fill the gaps as it goes, which along with the fact that it is a mystery, makes for a distracting reading experience. On the whole, an interesting start, but I would like it better if the storytelling is improved.
Is it diverse? The main character, Alea, is Asian, and there are some POC secondary characters
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Image Comics, via Edelweiss.
Outpost Zero is a mystery set in a science fiction novel - that is the simplest way to describe it. It tells of a small colony of humans residing in a biome on an icy planet, and their way of life is sustained by maintaining it close to Earth conditions (so don't go expecting a futuristic city here), and pretending to ignore what is outside. However, they have a Discovery Team, whose job is to explore the region outside the biome, and Alea's parents are on it. She herself wants to join it, and hopes to go forth into uncharted territory, quite opposite in dreams to her best friend, who belongs to the faction of people who think that opening the airlock is a security risk. That is an ideological issue for the colony's residents, as they figure out how to survive during a Cell (a storm-like thing that dumped tonnes of ice on their biome, essentially trapping them) and how best to calm its citizens. The mystery arrives somewhere halfway, as a breach challenges Alea to find out the truth, as well as hints about the origin of the colony strewn about through another character POV. The artwork is pretty good, full color and rendered quite well, but these is a problem with the progression of scenes. Additionally, it is very confusing in its setting and doesn't lend itself to explaining much, expecting the reader to fill the gaps as it goes, which along with the fact that it is a mystery, makes for a distracting reading experience. On the whole, an interesting start, but I would like it better if the storytelling is improved.
Is it diverse? The main character, Alea, is Asian, and there are some POC secondary characters
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Image Comics, via Edelweiss.