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aguaa's review against another edition
4.0
graphically so so so well done,, exciting storyline, quick and fun read! loved the colours especially
bri__gu's review against another edition
3.0
Initial premise was really interesting. Ending was... weird.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
5.0
I wasn't familiar with either [a:Matt Sheehan|7826983|Matt Sheehan|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] or [a:Malachi Ward|5332834|Malachi Ward|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1468767315p2/5332834.jpg] until
I saw the first part of Ancestor n [a:Brandon Graham|7631424|Brandon Graham|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417883118p2/7631424.jpg] and [a:Emma Ríos|2888650|Emma Ríos|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png]'s [b:Island #3|26239276|Island #3|Brandon Graham|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1441570736s/26239276.jpg|46230876] anthology. I will now eagerly snatch up anything either of them work on.
Ancestor is a sci-fi fantasy story that touches on technology, false idol worship, and the nature of art among other things. And, somehow, it never seems smug or condescending.
I advise going into this knowing nearly nothing. Every time I grew comfortable with the narrative direction of the book, it took a sharp turn. In lesser hands, this story would have been a mess, but it's paced perfectly so that I never felt lost. I was aware that, although I was following the same characters, I was in a very different story than I was a few pages ago. It's one of the most fun, unexpected reading experiences I've had in quite a while.
I saw the first part of Ancestor n [a:Brandon Graham|7631424|Brandon Graham|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417883118p2/7631424.jpg] and [a:Emma Ríos|2888650|Emma Ríos|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png]'s [b:Island #3|26239276|Island #3|Brandon Graham|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1441570736s/26239276.jpg|46230876] anthology. I will now eagerly snatch up anything either of them work on.
Ancestor is a sci-fi fantasy story that touches on technology, false idol worship, and the nature of art among other things. And, somehow, it never seems smug or condescending.
I advise going into this knowing nearly nothing. Every time I grew comfortable with the narrative direction of the book, it took a sharp turn. In lesser hands, this story would have been a mess, but it's paced perfectly so that I never felt lost. I was aware that, although I was following the same characters, I was in a very different story than I was a few pages ago. It's one of the most fun, unexpected reading experiences I've had in quite a while.
francoisvigneault's review against another edition
5.0
A beautiful, disturbing, and bizarre tale that rewards multiple re-readings. This one is really worth going in with as little foreknowledge as possible, as Ward and Sheean manage to pull the rug out from under the reader multiple times, not with plot twists so much as expansions or evolutions of thought. Each of the four chapters develops the plot into an often radically new form, what starts off as an exploration of a near-future evolution of the internet dubbed "The Service" soon transforms into something radically different. The result is nothing less than an overview of the vast potential of the sci-fi genre and the medium of comics. Fantastic stuff, literally.
emersonernest's review against another edition
2.0
Great concept. Even interesting characters. But I didn't like it.
The art work is amazing. And it almost makes me want to give the whole thing three stars, but, alas, I really didn't like the story. I'm feel like I wasted my time reading it. :/
The art work is amazing. And it almost makes me want to give the whole thing three stars, but, alas, I really didn't like the story. I'm feel like I wasted my time reading it. :/
ladykatka's review against another edition
2.0
What the hell did I just read? I really liked the first half, it seemed really intriguing and kind of mysterious. I really liked how you were starting to see Patrick for who you really wise did curtain was being pulled back slowly and you were seeing him as the villain he truly was. it started off as a slow burn and a story that was really building to something but then it really took a turn for the worst and it seemed like they rushed through to the end and came up with his really crazy way to explain godlike beings. It was really weird and didn't make sense to the rest of the story.I'm writing this really low because the end really loses momentum and takes you out of the story. The narrative is dawn and it never comes back it leaves you with so many questions and no answers there so many potholes that you end up just wondering what the heck happened.
vulpasvulpas's review against another edition
2.0
I should not be allowed to drink alcohol and read comics
francoisvigneault's review
5.0
A beautiful, disturbing, and bizarre tale that rewards multiple re-readings. This one is really worth going in with as little foreknowledge as possible, as Ward and Sheean manage to pull the rug out from under the reader multiple times, not with plot twists so much as expansions or evolutions of thought. Each of the four chapters develops the plot into an often radically new form, what starts off as an exploration of a near-future evolution of the internet dubbed "The Service" soon transforms into something radically different. The result is nothing less than an overview of the vast potential of the sci-fi genre and the medium of comics. Fantastic stuff, literally.
spatulafiend's review
art was beautiful, story and characters amounted to nothing and im still frustrated by that like 12 hours later so uhhh Makes You Think
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