Reviews

The Cull, Volume 1 by Kelly Thompson

oksi's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.5

reedmorebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

4.0

A coming of age sci-fi tale following a group of teens into a "liminal zone" between realties, exploring themes and visuals reminiscent of Annihilation, and nightmare creatures straight out of Nope or The Mist.

The art and atmosphere are very well done, and Thompson's writing is always good, though you can certainly feel the limitations of the original limited issue run format forcing the pace, not giving characters, or the reader, enough time to linger.

With luck future volumes will have time to breath and be a little more character focused, with less need to check the "bombastic finale" box.

*ARC provided by NetGalley & Image Comics*

jenmtnbike's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Violence

blueberrybanana's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.5

filmscoreman108's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

mitchie100's review

• 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

4.5

jmbz38'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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Child death

max_audet's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Solid start for a new series (The ending gagged me). I would describe it as Stranger Things meet Paper Girls meet Annihilation.

The hyper-realistic art style is fresh and pops on the page. The cast is endearing and every character has its own voice. I hope the next volume keeps this level of quality but fleshes out the world and plot more 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Self harm

nsunny's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

youraveragedave's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Worm holes, Kaiju like aliens, gaining super powers?!  What's not to like!  The art is pretty rich and we get a great ending.

 I do feel like we're treading similar ground to Brian K Vaughn's Paper Girls.