Reviews

Bodies by Si Spencer, Tula Lotay, Phil Winslade

quirkko24's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, and Gore

Moderate: Murder and Antisemitism

drdisco's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

You can so tell this was written by a white liberal in 2015 trying to do muslim representation but also without knowing any muslims. Shahara is actually terribly written but the art is so so soooo good and the way the mystery is revealed is actually really compelling.

jnstephens94's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

echo_mike's review

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

charlottesometimes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

rashellnicole's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

In the span of the first dozen pages (give or take a few), we meet four detectives in four different decades all in London. All of these detectives have one thing in common: they’ve stumbled upon the exact same body of a victim in the exact same location in each of their respective time periods. Their mission is to solve this case, but they unearth a plot much larger than they could possibly imagine.

This graphic novel inspired a TV show of the same name and to be quite honest, I preferred the TV show. I was hoping the graphic novelization would expand on the story, but I thought it lacked a lot of the character development and intrigue that I loved in the TV series. There were a lot of changes made from page to screen, and I think they helped me appreciate the characters (whether I loved them or hated to love them) and the underlying bigger plotline a lot more. Most of the plots in each storyline were simple to follow in the graphic novel, but the end was extremely confusing, and I was left wondering if I’d experienced a happy or sad ending. Altogether, I found it unsatisfying, though the art was brilliant and the concept was really cool! I would only recommend this as extra reading to those who have watched the TV show and are interested in checking out the source material and some additional lore. Newly interested folks: check out the Netflix series.

thetheatricallinguist's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

ohhdeanna's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I really struggled with this one. The majority of the rating was for the art, which I quite enjoyed. The story? Not so much. I don't know if I'm just a bit slow but I could not for the life of me figure out what was going on. I admit to having watched the Bodies tv show prior to reading this and picking this up specifically because I had seen the show. Anyone who does the same, a warning: THIS IS NOTHING LIKE THE SHOW. The characters are semi the same, but the plot is completely different. I wonder if I had not seen the show first, if I'd have a different perspective of this book? Either way, this was very hard to follow, but had gorgeous illustrations, so proceed with caution!

meiko's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective

2.75

I confess I saw the tv series and was intrigued enough to get a re-released copy of this.

And it turned out completely different from the show.

Not quite what I expected, much less answers, much more word vomits, and I mean... what?

I am leaning towards two stars but I liked the show too much. So it's... lots more than two but bit less than three.

gaysey's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

i think i was most disappointed because i see what si was trying to do with this and it would’ve been great! but it was both too heavy-handed and too vague and left me more angry than confused