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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
Reviewed for Booklist Magazine. This is a visually beautiful, full-color story about enemies-to-lovers (I'm assuming?) where there aren't a lot of redeemable characters in Clove's new home. There's a lot of political intrigue and maneuvering, with some love-triangle kind of situation going on too. Lots to unpack! Read more graphic novel reviews at www.graphiclibrary.org.
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I thought that the artowk for this was pretty good, and the set up that this graphic does was also pretty good. I just think that there are other webtoon comics that I have started this year that I was immediately more invested in, with Suitor Armor being the thing that comes to mind.
I first came across SubZero when browsing Webtoon and I did check out the first few pages before saving it to check out later. Well, that never happened, so when the opportunity to read the official volume came up, I knew I had to.
The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. You can really tell a lot of hard work and love went into creating this graphic novel. My only issue with the illustrations were that the dialogue and order of panels was a little confusing to read at times. A few times I found myself skipping over dialogue because it wasn’t flowing too well.
My other issue with SubZero was there not being a whole lot of story going on considering the length. This graphic novel is over 300 pages long, which is fairly long if you ask me, so the pace felt quite slow. The little snippets of world building were really interesting, I just wish more of that happened rather than the pages and pages of less important dialogue.
I would have also liked to have seen Clove and Kyro’s relationship develop more. He goes from not wanting to see her to suddenly being ok with the engagement. You don’t get to see this change and I feel like that would have made this graphic novel so much better. I’m all for appreciating good art work, but the story did lack slightly. Not that it wasn’t interesting, it definitely was, but not enough happened.
Although saying that, I would definitely check out the second volume whenever that gets published. I’m interested to see where this story goes and I’m a big fan of Oni Press, so I’m always up for checking out their new releases.
Arc provided by OniPress.
Thank you for letting me read this! Excited to see where this story leads, I like that they are both play hard to get and all the secrets that are being hidden. The disruption of power is fun to watch and see how they handle it.
Thank you for letting me read this! Excited to see where this story leads, I like that they are both play hard to get and all the secrets that are being hidden. The disruption of power is fun to watch and see how they handle it.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am not aware of the genesis of this story, but I enjoyed the first volume in graphic novel form quite a bit and look forward to reading the sequel.
Non sono a conoscenza della genesi di questa storia, ma il primo volume in forma di graphic novel mi é piaciuto parecchio e non vedo l'ora di leggere il seguito.
I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.
Non sono a conoscenza della genesi di questa storia, ma il primo volume in forma di graphic novel mi é piaciuto parecchio e non vedo l'ora di leggere il seguito.
I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, War
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes