Reviews

The Old Guard, Book One: Opening Fire by Greg Rucka

thequietgeek's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

4.25

reallycoolpeople's review

adventurous dark tense

3.5

eliah_o's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

Amazing book, especially love Nicky and Joe, but I can’t get past the fact that the art style is sooo ugly…
The movie is better in my opinion and it fixes a few problematic things from the graphic novel.

maartyrant's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

himborpheus's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

unladylike's review

3.0

I watched the Netflix adaptation of this first, on the recommendation of some gals from my ladies' comic book club, and then later found out it was originally a comic series by Greg Rucka, for whom I already had respect. This definitely goes on the list of The Movie Was Better Than the Book. And it's also in the Top 3 list of movies that adapt a book most literally, taking the script and rarely changing it. The problematic and annoying things in Rucka's original were mostly seen to and made better for the Charlize Theron version.

madavis5's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.5

indecisivesailorscout's review

5.0

This absolutely kicked ass. I haven't seen the movie yet, but when I saw this at my favorite used bookstore, I knew from all the good things I've heard that I wanted to pick this up. Fucking superb.

jasmine_elizabeth's review

5.0

So amazing.
I loved the movie admittedly a little more than the graphic novel, the art was great, and the plot was the same as the movie they did so well with keeping it the same. I did find that it didn't have much of the funny banter from the film.

sjday's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5