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duncan_mcguire's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
billyjepma's review
3.0
Like the prior volumes, I enjoyed this a lot. Aaron writes these characters well, and their banter is a lot of fun. Even the art remains strong, some of the best the series has so far—especially after the rocky start of the first volume.
But since this mostly a tie-in to Aaron’s “War of the Realms” event (which was actually pretty great), this volume feels light. I wish I *loved* this series, but other than the second volume, it’s been pretty consistently “good, not great,” and that hasn’t changed here. Character moments are great, but when the plots don’t go anywhere (or are too grand for their own good), it’s hard to feel any deep investment in what’s going on.
Still, I enjoy reading these quite a bit and will continue to do so. Hopefully we get to see some of the character arcs Aaron has been laying out reach a climax soon, though.
But since this mostly a tie-in to Aaron’s “War of the Realms” event (which was actually pretty great), this volume feels light. I wish I *loved* this series, but other than the second volume, it’s been pretty consistently “good, not great,” and that hasn’t changed here. Character moments are great, but when the plots don’t go anywhere (or are too grand for their own good), it’s hard to feel any deep investment in what’s going on.
Still, I enjoy reading these quite a bit and will continue to do so. Hopefully we get to see some of the character arcs Aaron has been laying out reach a climax soon, though.
booknooknoggin's review
3.0
Don't let the sub-title of this volume fool you....every single issue of this is very character-centered, and has very little to do with the War of the Realms storyline. Some of the issues were more enjoyable than others, but there was minimal cohesion with this volume. An average read and I felt that with the single issues each being different there were way too many cliffhangers branching out.
mattquann's review
3.0
As far as comic book events go, this is a pretty good one but not as exceptional as the rest of Aaron's Thor run. There's all kinds of wacky, event-level weirdness--Daredevil-as-Heimdall! Venom-Malekith, The Punisher riddling Frost Giants with lead--but not as much of the heart and soul that made the rest of Aaron's run stellar. I'll give a slight caveat to that in that the last issue focuses mostly on Thor's journey from the start of his run and caps off in satisfying fashion. The rest of the stuff is a mix of continuation of stories from issue to issue, and some seriously random stuff Frankensteined from tie-ins. You know, usual event-fare.
I think there's an epilogue miniseries (King Thor?) that may be worth me picking up, but if this were the end of the run, I'd be satisfied. War of the Realms is overall fun but not essential.
I think there's an epilogue miniseries (King Thor?) that may be worth me picking up, but if this were the end of the run, I'd be satisfied. War of the Realms is overall fun but not essential.
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