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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
I know I shouldn't compare this to the blurbs and what other people felt, but... man, I was expecting this to rock my world and it just... didn't.
Don't get me wrong, it was still pretty good. Fun to see what happens when a world is out of magic tries to do. But it was pretty standard. I find too often that people try to bring in aliens or animals just to show his awesome humans are. Everyone is an animal but the Champion? Check.
Politician trying to screw everyone and too blind to notice he's leading everyone to doom? Check.
Savages remain naught but savages? Check.
But do check this out for the art.
Don't get me wrong, it was still pretty good. Fun to see what happens when a world is out of magic tries to do. But it was pretty standard. I find too often that people try to bring in aliens or animals just to show his awesome humans are. Everyone is an animal but the Champion? Check.
Politician trying to screw everyone and too blind to notice he's leading everyone to doom? Check.
Savages remain naught but savages? Check.
But do check this out for the art.
A friend of mine has been talking highly of this book, so I finally got around to ask him if I might borrow it.
I do enjoy the idea of humanoid animals. I like seeing how their animal affect their personality, and, to be honest, I think many humans could learn a lot from looking at and respecting animals. They are so much better than us, I think.
Anyway, to the comic.
I really did enjoy the art style. Despite all but one character being animals, the artist gave them personality and feeling in the way they moved and carried themselves.
I found I really liked Dusty as a character, wanting to protect him, and I think I liked Learoyd as well, but I'm not sure.
There were some characters I didn't like, but that is just a point to the writer, showing they did a good job in writing.
The story was also rather interesting, and I'm really looking forward to reading on!
I do enjoy the idea of humanoid animals. I like seeing how their animal affect their personality, and, to be honest, I think many humans could learn a lot from looking at and respecting animals. They are so much better than us, I think.
Anyway, to the comic.
I really did enjoy the art style. Despite all but one character being animals, the artist gave them personality and feeling in the way they moved and carried themselves.
I found I really liked Dusty as a character, wanting to protect him, and I think I liked Learoyd as well, but I'm not sure.
There were some characters I didn't like, but that is just a point to the writer, showing they did a good job in writing.
The story was also rather interesting, and I'm really looking forward to reading on!
The beginning reminded me a bit of [b:Redwall|7996|Redwall (Redwall, #1)|Brian Jacques|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327877368l/7996._SY75_.jpg|486980] with anthropomorphic animals in medieval dress and setting (albiet also in a floating city). I really liked the first few issues before our great hero arrived (his species being quite predictable). It's a pretty fast paced and easy to follow plot, but I do wish there was more background info on the floating cities, our hero (who is unnecessarily grumpy), and the "bad" guys. I also really don't like the jibberish spells that all our wizards use - you can tell it's just made up words and those speech bubbles are literally pointless.
2.5/5 stars
2.5/5 stars
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A lot of world building and exposition built into the first volume, but it's done surprisingly easily and with memorable characters to boot. I like the anthropomorphism (though the human "champion" is a bit dull and one-dimensional).
No thanks. Not for me. The plot was deeply buried and I moved from skeptical, to disdain, to well out beyond disinterested by 1/3 of the way through.
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The world of the Autumnlands is one where various character who are anthropomorphic animals are in conflict with each other; the wizards of the steampunkish flying city summon an ancient hero who turns out to be a human, like you and me, and outwits the groundling enemy due to his superior human intellect. The one major female character is a sneaky turncoat. I'm never terribly comfortable with the resonances of stories like this, and although it's nicely illustrated, it didn't draw me in.
The world of the Autumnlands is one where various character who are anthropomorphic animals are in conflict with each other; the wizards of the steampunkish flying city summon an ancient hero who turns out to be a human, like you and me, and outwits the groundling enemy due to his superior human intellect. The one major female character is a sneaky turncoat. I'm never terribly comfortable with the resonances of stories like this, and although it's nicely illustrated, it didn't draw me in.
Loved this book! Anthropomorphic animals live in a world where magic is hoarded by a select few who live in floating cities. The magic supply is running low, however. In desperation, the magic wielders of one city try to summon a legendary warrior. The magic needed drops their city from the sky. Was it worth it? Is the warrior of the old tales what they were looking for? The story starts a bit slow and the intros to each chapter slow things down, too, but they do frame each part nicely. It's worth sticking around for! Can't wait to see what happens next!
I'll give this a 3.5. Art work is beautiful and masterfully done. The dialog eh... it left a lot to be desired for me. A lot of the characters came off as being super pretentious and maybe that was the aim, but it made it quite difficult for me to continue wanting to read it. I might give the next volume a go.. not sure as of yet.
I'm going to keep reading this series because it has fantastic artwork and a great set up, but this volume was a lot of just that--set up.
The Autumnlands seems like a fantastic universe that just hasn't seen enough adventure for me to love it as it is.
The Autumnlands seems like a fantastic universe that just hasn't seen enough adventure for me to love it as it is.