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fairislemeadow's review
2.0
Darn. This series went from really cool to really bizarre in the span of one volume. I enjoyed the original premise of a sentient, gravedigging zombie who gains someone's memories from eating their brains. The light detective work and the campy Scooby-Doo vibe were what made the first couple of volumes so great. It was so much fun that I could overlook the piling on of characters and plotlines in the third volume. But by the fourth, there were too many loose ends that weren't going to be tied up, and the addition of Xitalu, the cosmic big bad, felt out of place.
mayar_reading_stuff's review
4.0
That is an acceptable ending, but I'm in dire need for an all happy ending since my favorite characters are dropping like flies.
franfernandezarce's review
4.0
Oh my god.
This was a mess, campy in every possible level, at some points you thought it couldn't just get any more ridiculous and yet somehow it did and still... I loved it. I'm sad it is over but the ending was just what you would expect from the utter mess the story ended up being.
This was a mess, campy in every possible level, at some points you thought it couldn't just get any more ridiculous and yet somehow it did and still... I loved it. I'm sad it is over but the ending was just what you would expect from the utter mess the story ended up being.
csquared85's review
3.0
Not a fan of the Lovecraftian garbage at the end, but at least it was a tied-up ending. Shame this comic got cancelled so soon. I really loved the characters and the artwork.
joelipsett's review
3.0
Things got a little crazy in the end, there. It's not as though the resolution wasn't foreshadowed throughout the preceding volumes, but the rate of insane developments tips dramatically in this final volume which sees a Lovecraftian monster rip a hole in the universe. The cutesy resolution for nearly all of the survivors is a bit too pat considering the stakes, but iZombie has always been shy with grounding its violence in reality. At the end of the day, these four volumes do work well as a group, though this particular volume wasn't my favourite of the bunch.
mackle13's review
2.0
2.5
I know that this series got cancelled and so it's not entirely the creators' fault that this last installment is rushed and crammed full of stuff, after the rather slow (and at times plodding) build of the first three books.
But even though the book had to be jam-packed due to time constraints, as it were, this doesn't really excuse the fact that Gwen was barely part of the first half of the book, then she finally makes a decision, only to be trained in something which would normally take a lot of time and energy, but she manages in a few rushed hours.
And, yes, I know this is often a staple of these kinds of fish-out-of-water-hero books anyway, but in this book it was extra ridiculous, and the least the authors could've done was stretch the time span out a bit. Have Gwen more active at the start of the book, for instance. Or skip a couple of days/weeks within pages. I mean, I know they couldn't draw out the story, but, hell, do a freaking montage if you have to - but don't make your hero go from zero to sixty in under a minute and expect everyone to just go with it because, well, cancellation.
Also, continuity.
In one chapter we have Gwen stumble across Horatio and go "Horatio! When did you dye your hair green?" and Horatio give an explanation... only for the next chapter to have Gwen stumble across Hortatio and go "Horatio! I didn't know you were here? When did you dye your hair green?"
It was, like, 10 pages apart, give or take, and literally almost the same interaction.
And, no, it wasn't one of those things where it was the same event told from different perspectives or something - 'cause the first time someone was alive and the next time that someone was dead, so...
And, for the finale, I get the whole round-up thing. It happens. And I can buy Yeah, sorry - that was one chance encounter too many. It was also entirely unnecessary as it didn't really add anything to the story at all.
Also, it would've been nice if the big climactic battle was more than a few random side encounters, and Gwen spending pages dithering about aforementioned decision. (And, honeslty, why would she ever)
So, yeah...
Overall, it was an okay little series, though I still wish it was actually the detective-type story I was lead to believe it would be instead of going the weird angle... and while I forgive some of the rushiness of the last book for reasons outside of creative control, I still think it could've been better paced and less cheesy, even within the "omg, last book - must finish story!" constraints.
Meh.
I know that this series got cancelled and so it's not entirely the creators' fault that this last installment is rushed and crammed full of stuff, after the rather slow (and at times plodding) build of the first three books.
But even though the book had to be jam-packed due to time constraints, as it were, this doesn't really excuse the fact that Gwen was barely part of the first half of the book, then she finally makes a decision, only to be trained in something which would normally take a lot of time and energy, but she manages in a few rushed hours.
And, yes, I know this is often a staple of these kinds of fish-out-of-water-hero books anyway, but in this book it was extra ridiculous, and the least the authors could've done was stretch the time span out a bit. Have Gwen more active at the start of the book, for instance. Or skip a couple of days/weeks within pages. I mean, I know they couldn't draw out the story, but, hell, do a freaking montage if you have to - but don't make your hero go from zero to sixty in under a minute and expect everyone to just go with it because, well, cancellation.
Also, continuity.
In one chapter we have Gwen stumble across Horatio and go "Horatio! When did you dye your hair green?" and Horatio give an explanation... only for the next chapter to have Gwen stumble across Hortatio and go "Horatio! I didn't know you were here? When did you dye your hair green?"
It was, like, 10 pages apart, give or take, and literally almost the same interaction.
And, no, it wasn't one of those things where it was the same event told from different perspectives or something - 'cause the first time someone was alive and the next time that someone was dead, so...
And, for the finale, I get the whole round-up thing. It happens. And I can buy
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Gwen running into her brother - I mean, he was dating Scott, afterall - but to also run into her parents, especially after her brother just said they were in Seattle, or something.Also, it would've been nice if the big climactic battle was more than a few random side encounters, and Gwen spending pages dithering about aforementioned decision. (And, honeslty, why would she ever
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trust Amon at all in the first place?So, yeah...
Overall, it was an okay little series, though I still wish it was actually the detective-type story I was lead to believe it would be instead of going the weird
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LovecraftianMeh.
ookyspooky's review
3.0
This was clearly a very rushed ending for this series and the ending was a little sloppy. The rest of the series is a funny and weird ride and it could have been better if the story could have been more fleshed out.
theartolater's review
4.0
This was a first for me: the first time I've read a comic get rushed to a conclusion because it was cancelled. iZombie survived for 28 issues over four trades, and it's a bit of an abrupt end, but still a good payoff for what ended up being a solid series after a few missteps here and there.
The first couple chapters/issues are very "...huh?" inducing, and then things pick up really, really quickly. There's a lot of plotting and a lot of action in a little time over the course of the rest of the book, and it really works out well. For a series that may have moved a little too slowly for me at times, picking up the pace works.
Plus, there's Lovecraftian elements! I'm honestly not sure if this was the overall plan or something cooked up after the quick cancellation, but the key plot to finish things out is straight out of a good old Cthuhlu story, and if you know me at all, you know that it's going to get my attention and quick.
Overall, it's hard to really pinpoint my feelings on the series on a whole. It's sort of like Dollhouse, or the last few episodes of Angel, where we get a glimpse of what might have been but ultimately end up kind of hustled off to the exit. It's not the fault of anyone involved with the series, thankfully - it was a fun ride with a lot of charm unlike anything I'd ever read in comic form. It's just a shame it had to end so quickly.
The first couple chapters/issues are very "...huh?" inducing, and then things pick up really, really quickly. There's a lot of plotting and a lot of action in a little time over the course of the rest of the book, and it really works out well. For a series that may have moved a little too slowly for me at times, picking up the pace works.
Plus, there's Lovecraftian elements! I'm honestly not sure if this was the overall plan or something cooked up after the quick cancellation, but the key plot to finish things out is straight out of a good old Cthuhlu story, and if you know me at all, you know that it's going to get my attention and quick.
Overall, it's hard to really pinpoint my feelings on the series on a whole. It's sort of like Dollhouse, or the last few episodes of Angel, where we get a glimpse of what might have been but ultimately end up kind of hustled off to the exit. It's not the fault of anyone involved with the series, thankfully - it was a fun ride with a lot of charm unlike anything I'd ever read in comic form. It's just a shame it had to end so quickly.