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Pray for Rain by Ed Brubaker, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Sean Phillips

jakekilroy's review

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4.0

There's something comical to the seriousness of this one — who she initially chooses (if she truly even does), what happens with the guy's social network (if you could even call it that), and how she responds to it all (if you could even blame her). But it's sinister fun. There's something driving all this home in the end, I assume, rather than it all being some oddball collection of stories about her being the nosedive muse that she is, but I'm not totally sure all the clues are there to be wrapped up in the end. It's just some delightfully pulpy weirdness regardless.

satindoll's review against another edition

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5.0

What a hypnotic yet confusing book . Sigh.

lilmatt050's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

jhstack's review against another edition

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3.0

Nice to get back into the noir-like world of Fatale. The 90s Seattle setting seems a little off, considering that the series has bummed around the decades from the '40s to the present day in flashbacks, but it helps add to Josephine's backstory.

mzjai117's review against another edition

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5.0

This series just keeps getting weirder and crazier and I can't stop reading it!!!

old_tim's review against another edition

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5.0

This series continues to be compelling. In volume 4, a classic rock & roll narrative is disrupted by our heroine.

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bloodonsnow's review against another edition

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4.0

Brubaker has a genuine talent in making minor characters truly fascinating and sympathetic, even if they're not around for long. I am, however, waiting for the main arc to progress. It's a minor nitpick, seeing as I don't mind too much, but at this point I wonder if the main arc really is what I think it is.

bribriny's review against another edition

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single issues again..one more set to go!

thehmkane's review against another edition

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4.0

I didn't find this volume quite as compelling as previous stories, but it still holds its own. Love the idea of Jo -- or Jane -- as the muse for a band. Plus, the tale has a chilling connection to the overall Fatale storyline.

dumblydore's review against another edition

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4.0

While I loved this volume also, there's a definite sense of finality at the corners of the narrative. Either that or it feels a bit tired, which to be fair is probably fitting given how poor Josephine has left such a trail of despair and destruction. I'm excited to see how it all ends.