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dashie's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. Just wow.
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Wow. Just wow.
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Wow. Just wow.
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Wow. Just wow.
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Wow. Just wow.
payalmukherji's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
all_seeing_ifer's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.0
odin45mp's review against another edition
4.0
This is good. Really good. It drops you into the world and immediately begins setting the stage and unraveling the small mysteries. The artwork ranges from above average to breathtaking, and blends some of the best of Japanese and Western comic styles. The writing is good and gives us characters to love and hate. I look forward to getting the next trade and/or switching to single issues. I'm glad I made the time to read this.
Note: this does get dark and violent, it is definitely aimed at a mature audience.
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This is good. Really good. It drops you into the world and immediately begins setting the stage and unraveling the small mysteries. The artwork ranges from above average to breathtaking, and blends some of the best of Japanese and Western comic styles. The writing is good and gives us characters to love and hate. I look forward to getting the next trade and/or switching to single issues. I'm glad I made the time to read this.
Note: this does get dark and violent, it is definitely aimed at a mature audience.
Note: this does get dark and violent, it is definitely aimed at a mature audience.
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This is good. Really good. It drops you into the world and immediately begins setting the stage and unraveling the small mysteries. The artwork ranges from above average to breathtaking, and blends some of the best of Japanese and Western comic styles. The writing is good and gives us characters to love and hate. I look forward to getting the next trade and/or switching to single issues. I'm glad I made the time to read this.
Note: this does get dark and violent, it is definitely aimed at a mature audience.
emilyb_chicago's review against another edition
5.0
I love the work of Marjorie Liu. This is such a unique world, beautifully conceived and drawn. Plot twists had me flipping back pages to catch all the little things that were included but I had missed. It would get even better with a reread. What a lovely piece of story and art.
faithtrustpixiedust's review against another edition
4.0
Can I just say that Kippa is too good for this world? If the little fox dies in this series, I'm rioting.
This is basically just the hardcore, sweary, bloody version of Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi tbh
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Can I just say that Kippa is too good for this world? If the little fox dies in this series, I'm rioting.
This is basically just the hardcore, sweary, bloody version of Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi tbh
This is basically just the hardcore, sweary, bloody version of Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi tbh
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Can I just say that Kippa is too good for this world? If the little fox dies in this series, I'm rioting.
This is basically just the hardcore, sweary, bloody version of Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi tbh
behindpaperbacks's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
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
3.5
keipotato's review against another edition
1.0
The art is SPLENDIDLY AWESOME but i truely couldn't get myself to enjoy it or even read fully without skipping.
I liked the main idea but the flow and the storyline feels like it's a second or up but not the first. It could be just me with comics and too many details though the font is another problema. Oh and the shine of the pages drives me crazy sometimes.
I don't care much about cuss words but the language isn't my taste, especially when the word is unnecessarily used, it makes it feel like they just wanna fill the bubbles with certain amount.
I think the most uncomfortable thing was that I had to censor no clothes scenes or too much of skin, personal preference.
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The art is SPLENDIDLY AWESOME but i truely couldn't get myself to enjoy it or even read fully without skipping.
I liked the main idea but the flow and the storyline feels like it's a second or up but not the first. It could be just me with comics and too many details though the font is another problema. Oh and the shine of the pages drives me crazy sometimes.
I don't care much about cuss words but the language isn't my taste, especially when the word is unnecessarily used, it makes it feel like they just wanna fill the bubbles with certain amount.
I think the most uncomfortable thing was that I had to censor no clothes scenes or too much of skin, personal preference.
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The art is SPLENDIDLY AWESOME but i truely couldn't get myself to enjoy it or even read fully without skipping.
I liked the main idea but the flow and the storyline feels like it's a second or up but not the first. It could be just me with comics and too many details though the font is another problema. Oh and the shine of the pages drives me crazy sometimes.
I don't care much about cuss words but the language isn't my taste, especially when the word is unnecessarily used, it makes it feel like they just wanna fill the bubbles with certain amount.
I think the most uncomfortable thing was that I had to censor no clothes scenes or too much of skin, personal preference.
I liked the main idea but the flow and the storyline feels like it's a second or up but not the first. It could be just me with comics and too many details though the font is another problema. Oh and the shine of the pages drives me crazy sometimes.
I don't care much about cuss words but the language isn't my taste, especially when the word is unnecessarily used, it makes it feel like they just wanna fill the bubbles with certain amount.
I think the most uncomfortable thing was that I had to censor no clothes scenes or too much of skin, personal preference.
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The art is SPLENDIDLY AWESOME but i truely couldn't get myself to enjoy it or even read fully without skipping.
I liked the main idea but the flow and the storyline feels like it's a second or up but not the first. It could be just me with comics and too many details though the font is another problema. Oh and the shine of the pages drives me crazy sometimes.
I don't care much about cuss words but the language isn't my taste, especially when the word is unnecessarily used, it makes it feel like they just wanna fill the bubbles with certain amount.
I think the most uncomfortable thing was that I had to censor no clothes scenes or too much of skin, personal preference.
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The art is SPLENDIDLY AWESOME but i truely couldn't get myself to enjoy it or even read fully without skipping.
I liked the main idea but the flow and the storyline feels like it's a second or up but not the first. It could be just me with comics and too many details though the font is another problema. Oh and the shine of the pages drives me crazy sometimes.
I don't care much about cuss words but the language isn't my taste, especially when the word is unnecessarily used, it makes it feel like they just wanna fill the bubbles with certain amount.
I think the most uncomfortable thing was that I had to censor no clothes scenes or too much of skin, personal preference.
nancyboy's review against another edition
4.0
Montress is amazing, it’s the graphic novel that I’ve been looking for! It’s an steampunk/epic fantasy graphic novel about a girl who is possessed by a demon trying to find out who/what she is.
Firstly, I want to say that the art is amazing, and I mean BREATHTAKING! I applaud Sana Takeda (the artist) for the amount of effort and time she put into this graphic novel. Every single panel is so detailed and the composition always captures the world so beautifully. As someone who is an artist (in the sense that I draw/paint a lot), I can only imagine the hours of work that when into making every scene and it really paid off. You get this extra layer of world building that you would never have gotten if it was just a written novel. You understand the architecture of buildings, the design of the clothing, and other smaller details that you don’t have time to explain in a written novel. You really feel immersed in this fantasy world just by the visuals alone. Takeda really excels in drawing landscapes, as well as people. I feel that a lot of the time the landscape are really lacking in graphic novels, as artist put so much time getting the characters to look distinct that they forget to make the world look distinct and sometimes the backgrounds look really rushed and uninteresting. But Takeda blew me away so many times! Honestly, I could go on about the art for hours it was just so good.
The world building goes hand in hand with the art, so I loved it. The world truely did feel alive as I explained earlier. The magic system was also pretty cool, I loved how the protagonist is possessed by a demon, that she can’t exactly control, but it’s what gives her all her power. I thought it was an interesting concept for a magic system and I’m excited to see how it develops.
Now the plot, overall I did like it, but at times I thought it was a bit rushed. The novel should have had another 50 to 100 pages to really flesh out the characters and their motives and actions. Though I did love a lot of the scenes, sometimes the overarching plot was a bit cliche and predictable at times because it didn’t have enough time to develop.
Overall, I highly recommend it, if you’re a fan of fantasy you should definitely give it a try! And I’ll obviously be continuing on with this series.
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Montress is amazing, it’s the graphic novel that I’ve been looking for! It’s an steampunk/epic fantasy graphic novel about a girl who is possessed by a demon trying to find out who/what she is.
Firstly, I want to say that the art is amazing, and I mean BREATHTAKING! I applaud Sana Takeda (the artist) for the amount of effort and time she put into this graphic novel. Every single panel is so detailed and the composition always captures the world so beautifully. As someone who is an artist (in the sense that I draw/paint a lot), I can only imagine the hours of work that when into making every scene and it really paid off. You get this extra layer of world building that you would never have gotten if it was just a written novel. You understand the architecture of buildings, the design of the clothing, and other smaller details that you don’t have time to explain in a written novel. You really feel immersed in this fantasy world just by the visuals alone. Takeda really excels in drawing landscapes, as well as people. I feel that a lot of the time the landscape are really lacking in graphic novels, as artist put so much time getting the characters to look distinct that they forget to make the world look distinct and sometimes the backgrounds look really rushed and uninteresting. But Takeda blew me away so many times! Honestly, I could go on about the art for hours it was just so good.
The world building goes hand in hand with the art, so I loved it. The world truely did feel alive as I explained earlier. The magic system was also pretty cool, I loved how the protagonist is possessed by a demon, that she can’t exactly control, but it’s what gives her all her power. I thought it was an interesting concept for a magic system and I’m excited to see how it develops.
Now the plot, overall I did like it, but at times I thought it was a bit rushed. The novel should have had another 50 to 100 pages to really flesh out the characters and their motives and actions. Though I did love a lot of the scenes, sometimes the overarching plot was a bit cliche and predictable at times because it didn’t have enough time to develop.
Overall, I highly recommend it, if you’re a fan of fantasy you should definitely give it a try! And I’ll obviously be continuing on with this series.
Firstly, I want to say that the art is amazing, and I mean BREATHTAKING! I applaud Sana Takeda (the artist) for the amount of effort and time she put into this graphic novel. Every single panel is so detailed and the composition always captures the world so beautifully. As someone who is an artist (in the sense that I draw/paint a lot), I can only imagine the hours of work that when into making every scene and it really paid off. You get this extra layer of world building that you would never have gotten if it was just a written novel. You understand the architecture of buildings, the design of the clothing, and other smaller details that you don’t have time to explain in a written novel. You really feel immersed in this fantasy world just by the visuals alone. Takeda really excels in drawing landscapes, as well as people. I feel that a lot of the time the landscape are really lacking in graphic novels, as artist put so much time getting the characters to look distinct that they forget to make the world look distinct and sometimes the backgrounds look really rushed and uninteresting. But Takeda blew me away so many times! Honestly, I could go on about the art for hours it was just so good.
The world building goes hand in hand with the art, so I loved it. The world truely did feel alive as I explained earlier. The magic system was also pretty cool, I loved how the protagonist is possessed by a demon, that she can’t exactly control, but it’s what gives her all her power. I thought it was an interesting concept for a magic system and I’m excited to see how it develops.
Now the plot, overall I did like it, but at times I thought it was a bit rushed. The novel should have had another 50 to 100 pages to really flesh out the characters and their motives and actions. Though I did love a lot of the scenes, sometimes the overarching plot was a bit cliche and predictable at times because it didn’t have enough time to develop.
Overall, I highly recommend it, if you’re a fan of fantasy you should definitely give it a try! And I’ll obviously be continuing on with this series.
Merged review:
Montress is amazing, it’s the graphic novel that I’ve been looking for! It’s an steampunk/epic fantasy graphic novel about a girl who is possessed by a demon trying to find out who/what she is.
Firstly, I want to say that the art is amazing, and I mean BREATHTAKING! I applaud Sana Takeda (the artist) for the amount of effort and time she put into this graphic novel. Every single panel is so detailed and the composition always captures the world so beautifully. As someone who is an artist (in the sense that I draw/paint a lot), I can only imagine the hours of work that when into making every scene and it really paid off. You get this extra layer of world building that you would never have gotten if it was just a written novel. You understand the architecture of buildings, the design of the clothing, and other smaller details that you don’t have time to explain in a written novel. You really feel immersed in this fantasy world just by the visuals alone. Takeda really excels in drawing landscapes, as well as people. I feel that a lot of the time the landscape are really lacking in graphic novels, as artist put so much time getting the characters to look distinct that they forget to make the world look distinct and sometimes the backgrounds look really rushed and uninteresting. But Takeda blew me away so many times! Honestly, I could go on about the art for hours it was just so good.
The world building goes hand in hand with the art, so I loved it. The world truely did feel alive as I explained earlier. The magic system was also pretty cool, I loved how the protagonist is possessed by a demon, that she can’t exactly control, but it’s what gives her all her power. I thought it was an interesting concept for a magic system and I’m excited to see how it develops.
Now the plot, overall I did like it, but at times I thought it was a bit rushed. The novel should have had another 50 to 100 pages to really flesh out the characters and their motives and actions. Though I did love a lot of the scenes, sometimes the overarching plot was a bit cliche and predictable at times because it didn’t have enough time to develop.
Overall, I highly recommend it, if you’re a fan of fantasy you should definitely give it a try! And I’ll obviously be continuing on with this series.
nancyboy56's review against another edition
4.0
Montress is amazing, it’s the graphic novel that I’ve been looking for! It’s an steampunk/epic fantasy graphic novel about a girl who is possessed by a demon trying to find out who/what she is.
Firstly, I want to say that the art is amazing, and I mean BREATHTAKING! I applaud Sana Takeda (the artist) for the amount of effort and time she put into this graphic novel. Every single panel is so detailed and the composition always captures the world so beautifully. As someone who is an artist (in the sense that I draw/paint a lot), I can only imagine the hours of work that when into making every scene and it really paid off. You get this extra layer of world building that you would never have gotten if it was just a written novel. You understand the architecture of buildings, the design of the clothing, and other smaller details that you don’t have time to explain in a written novel. You really feel immersed in this fantasy world just by the visuals alone. Takeda really excels in drawing landscapes, as well as people. I feel that a lot of the time the landscape are really lacking in graphic novels, as artist put so much time getting the characters to look distinct that they forget to make the world look distinct and sometimes the backgrounds look really rushed and uninteresting. But Takeda blew me away so many times! Honestly, I could go on about the art for hours it was just so good.
The world building goes hand in hand with the art, so I loved it. The world truely did feel alive as I explained earlier. The magic system was also pretty cool, I loved how the protagonist is possessed by a demon, that she can’t exactly control, but it’s what gives her all her power. I thought it was an interesting concept for a magic system and I’m excited to see how it develops.
Now the plot, overall I did like it, but at times I thought it was a bit rushed. The novel should have had another 50 to 100 pages to really flesh out the characters and their motives and actions. Though I did love a lot of the scenes, sometimes the overarching plot was a bit cliche and predictable at times because it didn’t have enough time to develop.
Overall, I highly recommend it, if you’re a fan of fantasy you should definitely give it a try! And I’ll obviously be continuing on with this series.
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Montress is amazing, it’s the graphic novel that I’ve been looking for! It’s an steampunk/epic fantasy graphic novel about a girl who is possessed by a demon trying to find out who/what she is.
Firstly, I want to say that the art is amazing, and I mean BREATHTAKING! I applaud Sana Takeda (the artist) for the amount of effort and time she put into this graphic novel. Every single panel is so detailed and the composition always captures the world so beautifully. As someone who is an artist (in the sense that I draw/paint a lot), I can only imagine the hours of work that when into making every scene and it really paid off. You get this extra layer of world building that you would never have gotten if it was just a written novel. You understand the architecture of buildings, the design of the clothing, and other smaller details that you don’t have time to explain in a written novel. You really feel immersed in this fantasy world just by the visuals alone. Takeda really excels in drawing landscapes, as well as people. I feel that a lot of the time the landscape are really lacking in graphic novels, as artist put so much time getting the characters to look distinct that they forget to make the world look distinct and sometimes the backgrounds look really rushed and uninteresting. But Takeda blew me away so many times! Honestly, I could go on about the art for hours it was just so good.
The world building goes hand in hand with the art, so I loved it. The world truely did feel alive as I explained earlier. The magic system was also pretty cool, I loved how the protagonist is possessed by a demon, that she can’t exactly control, but it’s what gives her all her power. I thought it was an interesting concept for a magic system and I’m excited to see how it develops.
Now the plot, overall I did like it, but at times I thought it was a bit rushed. The novel should have had another 50 to 100 pages to really flesh out the characters and their motives and actions. Though I did love a lot of the scenes, sometimes the overarching plot was a bit cliche and predictable at times because it didn’t have enough time to develop.
Overall, I highly recommend it, if you’re a fan of fantasy you should definitely give it a try! And I’ll obviously be continuing on with this series.
Firstly, I want to say that the art is amazing, and I mean BREATHTAKING! I applaud Sana Takeda (the artist) for the amount of effort and time she put into this graphic novel. Every single panel is so detailed and the composition always captures the world so beautifully. As someone who is an artist (in the sense that I draw/paint a lot), I can only imagine the hours of work that when into making every scene and it really paid off. You get this extra layer of world building that you would never have gotten if it was just a written novel. You understand the architecture of buildings, the design of the clothing, and other smaller details that you don’t have time to explain in a written novel. You really feel immersed in this fantasy world just by the visuals alone. Takeda really excels in drawing landscapes, as well as people. I feel that a lot of the time the landscape are really lacking in graphic novels, as artist put so much time getting the characters to look distinct that they forget to make the world look distinct and sometimes the backgrounds look really rushed and uninteresting. But Takeda blew me away so many times! Honestly, I could go on about the art for hours it was just so good.
The world building goes hand in hand with the art, so I loved it. The world truely did feel alive as I explained earlier. The magic system was also pretty cool, I loved how the protagonist is possessed by a demon, that she can’t exactly control, but it’s what gives her all her power. I thought it was an interesting concept for a magic system and I’m excited to see how it develops.
Now the plot, overall I did like it, but at times I thought it was a bit rushed. The novel should have had another 50 to 100 pages to really flesh out the characters and their motives and actions. Though I did love a lot of the scenes, sometimes the overarching plot was a bit cliche and predictable at times because it didn’t have enough time to develop.
Overall, I highly recommend it, if you’re a fan of fantasy you should definitely give it a try! And I’ll obviously be continuing on with this series.
Merged review:
Montress is amazing, it’s the graphic novel that I’ve been looking for! It’s an steampunk/epic fantasy graphic novel about a girl who is possessed by a demon trying to find out who/what she is.
Firstly, I want to say that the art is amazing, and I mean BREATHTAKING! I applaud Sana Takeda (the artist) for the amount of effort and time she put into this graphic novel. Every single panel is so detailed and the composition always captures the world so beautifully. As someone who is an artist (in the sense that I draw/paint a lot), I can only imagine the hours of work that when into making every scene and it really paid off. You get this extra layer of world building that you would never have gotten if it was just a written novel. You understand the architecture of buildings, the design of the clothing, and other smaller details that you don’t have time to explain in a written novel. You really feel immersed in this fantasy world just by the visuals alone. Takeda really excels in drawing landscapes, as well as people. I feel that a lot of the time the landscape are really lacking in graphic novels, as artist put so much time getting the characters to look distinct that they forget to make the world look distinct and sometimes the backgrounds look really rushed and uninteresting. But Takeda blew me away so many times! Honestly, I could go on about the art for hours it was just so good.
The world building goes hand in hand with the art, so I loved it. The world truely did feel alive as I explained earlier. The magic system was also pretty cool, I loved how the protagonist is possessed by a demon, that she can’t exactly control, but it’s what gives her all her power. I thought it was an interesting concept for a magic system and I’m excited to see how it develops.
Now the plot, overall I did like it, but at times I thought it was a bit rushed. The novel should have had another 50 to 100 pages to really flesh out the characters and their motives and actions. Though I did love a lot of the scenes, sometimes the overarching plot was a bit cliche and predictable at times because it didn’t have enough time to develop.
Overall, I highly recommend it, if you’re a fan of fantasy you should definitely give it a try! And I’ll obviously be continuing on with this series.