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briesespieces's review
5.0
Soooooooo!! I am finally done!
I went into this expecting less than I actually got. This is the first anything of Terry Moore’s i’ve read and i just have to say, boy does he know how to spin a good story!
Right from the first issue, the reader is thrown into disorientation as we see Rachel come back alive in the most oddest way and after that, everything is enshrouded in smooth flowing art and absolute mystery. It’s engaging, enchanting and just plain enjoyable.
One of the things i really liked about this graphic novel series was the quote before each issue.They were more than fitting and helped to give each issue a very nice mysterious and thrilling feel. Also, the way the art was rendered in these volumes were quite impressive. With a few pages, the actions taking place were expressed without dialogue and each scene with just the artwork as a way to express meaning was beautifully haunting.
All in all, I was more than surprised that i ended up LOVING this so much and a friend said i would regret blazing through them so fast because I would miss reading it at the rate at which I was enjoying this! Buttttt the joke is on them because i really do not regret it!
Bravo Terry Moore. Bravo.
I went into this expecting less than I actually got. This is the first anything of Terry Moore’s i’ve read and i just have to say, boy does he know how to spin a good story!
Right from the first issue, the reader is thrown into disorientation as we see Rachel come back alive in the most oddest way and after that, everything is enshrouded in smooth flowing art and absolute mystery. It’s engaging, enchanting and just plain enjoyable.
One of the things i really liked about this graphic novel series was the quote before each issue.They were more than fitting and helped to give each issue a very nice mysterious and thrilling feel. Also, the way the art was rendered in these volumes were quite impressive. With a few pages, the actions taking place were expressed without dialogue and each scene with just the artwork as a way to express meaning was beautifully haunting.
All in all, I was more than surprised that i ended up LOVING this so much and a friend said i would regret blazing through them so fast because I would miss reading it at the rate at which I was enjoying this! Buttttt the joke is on them because i really do not regret it!
Bravo Terry Moore. Bravo.
arf88's review
3.0
I found this ending a bit disappointing. I've not convinced the polt for this was ever planned out. After a drawn-out story, the ending was rushed to an extreme degree. Defeating the big bad was so easy it makes you wonder why it wasn't done 2 trades in, the central mystery was resolved with a character as random as a rabbit from a hat, and there are lots of plot threads that were left hanging with zero resolution.
While the story was meh, I found the art particularly impressive. Moore's art is always beautiful, but the raw emotion he was able to convey in his character's faces really blew me away in this volume.
In hindsight, I think this series would have been better with half the number of issues and with a lot of fat trimmed away. But I did enjoy it, and if there's ever a sequel I'll definitely pick it up.
While the story was meh, I found the art particularly impressive. Moore's art is always beautiful, but the raw emotion he was able to convey in his character's faces really blew me away in this volume.
In hindsight, I think this series would have been better with half the number of issues and with a lot of fat trimmed away. But I did enjoy it, and if there's ever a sequel I'll definitely pick it up.
sarahfoofoo's review
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
cassie_grace's review
3.0
Kind of an anticlimactic final volume, but I did laugh out loud at the last page. It wasn’t terrible, I was just expecting a little more and I felt like it wrapped up too quickly.
themyskira's review
3.0
Hrm. This was... I enjoyed the ride, but I feel like this series fell short of what the early issues promised.
I read the first dozen or so issues as they came out and loved them. But going back and reading the full run of trades from the start, I'm struck by the impression that Terry Moore was flying by the seat of his pants. He tells a compelling horror story, and of course his artwork is stunning, but the increasing number of dropped/forgotten plot threads and sharp right turns over the course of the series became very frustrating. From the moment Rachel wakes in a shallow grave in that first issue, it's clear that there's something bigger going on, but the more the story progressed the less confident I was that Moore knew what that something bigger was.
To be fair to Moore, I suspect he intended the series to continue longer than it did-- I know low sales were a recurring problem for the comic, and the abrupt ending (which left a lot of things unresolved) seems to suggest he bowed out earlier than he'd intended. But it only exacerbated problems that were already there -- by the time I cracked open this trade, I was already feeling frustrated by the aforementioned dropped storylines, contradictions and the general sense that there'd never been any master plan.
As I said, I still enjoyed the ride. But the story was never as cohesive or as focussed as it could have been and I think the comic is the weaker for it. The ultimate resolution is unsatisfying, overly rushed and leaves many questions unanswered.
I read the first dozen or so issues as they came out and loved them. But going back and reading the full run of trades from the start, I'm struck by the impression that Terry Moore was flying by the seat of his pants. He tells a compelling horror story, and of course his artwork is stunning, but the increasing number of dropped/forgotten plot threads and sharp right turns over the course of the series became very frustrating. From the moment Rachel wakes in a shallow grave in that first issue, it's clear that there's something bigger going on, but the more the story progressed the less confident I was that Moore knew what that something bigger was.
To be fair to Moore, I suspect he intended the series to continue longer than it did-- I know low sales were a recurring problem for the comic, and the abrupt ending (which left a lot of things unresolved) seems to suggest he bowed out earlier than he'd intended. But it only exacerbated problems that were already there -- by the time I cracked open this trade, I was already feeling frustrated by the aforementioned dropped storylines, contradictions and the general sense that there'd never been any master plan.
As I said, I still enjoyed the ride. But the story was never as cohesive or as focussed as it could have been and I think the comic is the weaker for it. The ultimate resolution is unsatisfying, overly rushed and leaves many questions unanswered.
anahhs's review
5.0
this series was very entertaining and well constructed! i'm sad it's over, i could read about rachel's adventures for longer ):
i also loved how it mostly had female characters! it's easy to forget how you can have multiple women in the same story with different personalities contributing to the plot in diverse ways @ mainstream media lol
all in all, a thouroughly enjoyable read! i'd recommend to anyone who likes the supernatural/possession themes, women and overall, kinda twisted/murderous minds? yup, pretty good series!
i also loved how it mostly had female characters! it's easy to forget how you can have multiple women in the same story with different personalities contributing to the plot in diverse ways @ mainstream media lol
all in all, a thouroughly enjoyable read! i'd recommend to anyone who likes the supernatural/possession themes, women and overall, kinda twisted/murderous minds? yup, pretty good series!
satindoll's review
5.0
Soooooooo!! I am finally done!
I went into this expecting less than I actually got. This is the first anything of Terry Moore’s i’ve read and i just have to say, boy does he know how to spin a good story!
Right from the first issue, the reader is thrown into disorientation as we see Rachel come back alive in the most oddest way and after that, everything is enshrouded in smooth flowing art and absolute mystery. It’s engaging, enchanting and just plain enjoyable.
One of the things i really liked about this graphic novel series was the quote before each issue.They were more than fitting and helped to give each issue a very nice mysterious and thrilling feel. Also, the way the art was rendered in these volumes were quite impressive. With a few pages, the actions taking place were expressed without dialogue and each scene with just the artwork as a way to express meaning was beautifully haunting.
All in all, I was more than surprised that i ended up LOVING this so much and a friend said i would regret blazing through them so fast because I would miss reading it at the rate at which I was enjoying this! Buttttt the joke is on them because i really do not regret it!
Bravo Terry Moore. Bravo.
I went into this expecting less than I actually got. This is the first anything of Terry Moore’s i’ve read and i just have to say, boy does he know how to spin a good story!
Right from the first issue, the reader is thrown into disorientation as we see Rachel come back alive in the most oddest way and after that, everything is enshrouded in smooth flowing art and absolute mystery. It’s engaging, enchanting and just plain enjoyable.
One of the things i really liked about this graphic novel series was the quote before each issue.They were more than fitting and helped to give each issue a very nice mysterious and thrilling feel. Also, the way the art was rendered in these volumes were quite impressive. With a few pages, the actions taking place were expressed without dialogue and each scene with just the artwork as a way to express meaning was beautifully haunting.
All in all, I was more than surprised that i ended up LOVING this so much and a friend said i would regret blazing through them so fast because I would miss reading it at the rate at which I was enjoying this! Buttttt the joke is on them because i really do not regret it!
Bravo Terry Moore. Bravo.
ericawrites's review
3.0
The ending of this series was so anticlimactic and quick. Also way less hard then advertised in previous battles.