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The Old Guard, Book One: Opening Fire by Greg Rucka
4 reviews
akira_outofthegravity's review
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I watched the film first, I love all of the characters. And surprisingly I loved them in here too!
The story was a little different but I enjoyed it, I think the style and the dialogue are really good. It was a little fast paced for me, but I don’t know if that’s a standard thing with comics that I’m just not used to.
A good, quick read with decent gore and nice art :)
JoeNicky forever <3
The story was a little different but I enjoyed it, I think the style and the dialogue are really good. It was a little fast paced for me, but I don’t know if that’s a standard thing with comics that I’m just not used to.
A good, quick read with decent gore and nice art :)
JoeNicky forever <3
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
Moderate: Blood and Body horror
Minor: War, Trafficking, and Slavery
literaryliaisons's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, War, Blood, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
balibasa's review
adventurous
funny
tense
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? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Body horror, and Confinement
criticalgayze's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
As a huge fan of the 2020 film adaptation, I scooped up the original graphic novel and its sequel on the recommendation of a friend that was part of a list of Queer comic recommendations.
If you, like me, come to the graphic novels by way of the film, you will find the film to be a very faithful adaptation of the graphic novel. In fact, based on memory of the film, it is an almost shot for shot recreation of the graphic novel. You may either find this an entertaining revisit and prep to try out Book Two, which was my takeaway, or you may prefer to just skip this one and go straight to the movie.
My one struggle with the graphic novel, which I think the movie improves upon, is the area of character-building. I don't think we are given quite enough time in this first slim volume to live with the characters and see them develop, and this makes the acceptance and partial forgiveness of the traitorous behavior of one of the group members a little bit of a stretch to understand.
If you, like me, come to the graphic novels by way of the film, you will find the film to be a very faithful adaptation of the graphic novel. In fact, based on memory of the film, it is an almost shot for shot recreation of the graphic novel. You may either find this an entertaining revisit and prep to try out Book Two, which was my takeaway, or you may prefer to just skip this one and go straight to the movie.
My one struggle with the graphic novel, which I think the movie improves upon, is the area of character-building. I don't think we are given quite enough time in this first slim volume to live with the characters and see them develop, and this makes the acceptance and partial forgiveness of the traitorous behavior of one of the group members a little bit of a stretch to understand.
Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Torture, Toxic friendship, and War
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